Individual, social and physical environmental correlates of 'never' and 'always' cycling to school among 10 to 12 year old children living within a 3.0 km distance from school

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ducheyne, Fabian ^a   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^a   Spittaels, Heleen ^a   Cardon, Greet ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Children; Correlates; Cycling; Distance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FALLING; FAMILY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILITY AIDS FOR BLIND PERSONS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPRING; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; WALKING; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BELGIUM; BICYCLING; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING;

EID: 84872248586     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-9-142     Document Type: Article

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