The ciclovia and cicloruta programs: Promising interventions to promote physical activity and social capital in bogotá, Colombia

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Torres, Andrea ^a   Sarmiento, Olga L ^b   Stauber, Christine ^a   Zarama, Roberto ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; COLOMBIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BICYCLING; COLOMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872517683     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301142     Document Type: Article

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