Access to Recreational Physical Activities by Car and Bus: An Assessment of Socio-Spatial Inequalities in Mainland Scotland

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Ferguson, Neil S ^a   Lamb, Karen E ^b   Wang, Yang ^a   Ogilvie, David ^c   Ellaway, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUS; CAR; HUMAN; MOTOR VEHICLE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION SIZE; RECREATION; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR VEHICLES; RECREATION; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 84873577987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055638     Document Type: Article

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