Increasing active travel: Aims, methods and baseline measures of a quasi-experimental study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Chapman, Ralph ^a   Howden Chapman, Philippa ^b   Keall, Michael ^b   Witten, Karen ^c   Abrahamse, Wokje ^a   Woodward, Alistair ^d   Muggeridge, Dylan ^a   Beetham, Jean ^a   Grams, Mark ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Active travel; Attitudes; Cycling; Methods; New Zealand; Physical activity; Quasi experimental; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYCLING; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

ADULT; BICYCLING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

EID: 84907576269     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-935     Document Type: Article

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