Cycling in the City: An in-depth examination of bicycle lane use in a low-income urban neighborhood

Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-9

  Noyes, Philip ^a   Fung, Lawrence ^a   Lee, Karen K ^a   Grimshaw, Victoria E ^a   Karpati, Adam ^a   DiGrande, Laura ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparity; Health; Physical activity; Transportation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BODY MASS; CAR DRIVING; CITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HELMET; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BICYCLING; BODY MASS INDEX; CITIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; OVERWEIGHT; POVERTY AREAS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN POPULATION; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84893027762     PISSN: 15433080     EISSN: 15435476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jpah.2011-0429     Document Type: Article

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