Who uses new walking and cycling infrastructure and how? Longitudinal results from the UK iConnect study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 518-524

  Goodman, Anna ^a,b   Sahlqvist, Shannon ^a,c   Ogilvie, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Built environment; Cycling; Infrastructure; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; CYCLING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAILWAY; RECREATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CYCLING; INFRASTRUCTURE; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BICYCLING; CITY PLANNING; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECREATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885841557     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.07.007     Document Type: Article

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