Transportation and public health

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 217-233

  Litman, Todd ^a  

^a Victoria Transport Policy Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crashes; Physical activity; Planning; Pollution emissions; Safety

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CAR; CAR DRIVING; COGNITION; CYCLING; EMERGENCY CARE; FATALITY; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INJURY; MARKETING; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC MEDICINE; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

CITY PLANNING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84875443496     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: 15452093     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031912-114502     Document Type: Article

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