Incorporating walking or cycling into car journeys to and from work: The role of individual, workplace and environmental characteristics

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 211-217

  Panter, Jenna ^a,b   Desousa, Carol ^b   Ogilvie, David ^a,b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health behaviour; Health promotion; Physical activity; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYCLING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING; WORKPLACE;

CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED;

EID: 84874331798     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.01.014     Document Type: Article

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