Walking and cycling to work despite reporting an unsupportive environment: Insights from a mixed-method exploration of counterintuitive findings

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Guell, Cornelia ^a,b   Panter, Jenna ^a   Ogilvie, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Active commuting; Environmental perceptions; Mixed methods; Transport

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; BICYCLING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING; WORKPLACE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878009258     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-497     Document Type: Article

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