Achieving recommended daily physical activity levels through commuting by public transportation: Unpacking individual and contextual influences

Health and Place

Volumn 23, Issue , 2013, Pages 18-25

  Wasfi, Rania A ^a   Ross, Nancy A ^a   El Geneidy, Ahmed M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Commuting; Physical activity; Public transportation; Transit; Walking

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; METROPOLITAN AREA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; WALKING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAVEL; WALKING;

EID: 84878801144     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.04.006     Document Type: Article

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