Associations between environmental characteristics and active commuting to school among children: A cross-sectional study

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 538-555

  Aarts, Marie Jeanne ^a,b,c   Mathijssen, Jolanda J P ^a   Van Oers, Johannes A M ^a,b   Schuit, Albertine J ^b,d  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Active commuting; Children; Environment; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYCLING; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PROCEDURES; SAFETY; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WALKING;

BICYCLING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAFETY; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84890434408     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12529-012-9271-0     Document Type: Article

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