Bicycling to school improves the cardiometabolic risk factor profile: A randomised controlled trial

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Østergaard, Lars ^a   Børrestad, Line A B ^a,b   Tarp, Jakob ^a   Andersen, Lars Bo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

EID: 84873174189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001307     Document Type: Article

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