Influence of social and built environment features on children walking to school: An observational study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue , 2014, Pages 10-15

  Rothman, Linda ^a,b   To, Teresa ^a   Buliung, Ron ^c   Macarthur, Colin ^a   Howard, Andrew ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child; City planning; Environment and public health; Schools; Walking

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CITY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOLS; WALKING;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CANADA; CHILD; CITY PLANNING; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRANSPORTATION; TRAVEL; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

EID: 84893871089     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.12.005     Document Type: Article

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