New walking and cycling routes and increased physical activity: One- and 2-year findings from the UK iConnect study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CAR; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILES; BICYCLING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906083025     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302059     Document Type: Article

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