Examining the impact of thewalking school buswith an agent-based model

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1196-1203

  Yang, Yong ^a   Diez Roux, Ana ^a   Evenson, Kelly R ^a   Colabianchi, Natalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; SCHOOL; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WALKING;

ATTITUDE; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; SCHOOLS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING;

EID: 84902674927     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301896     Document Type: Article

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