School travel planning in Canada: Identifying child, family, and school-level characteristics associated with travel mode shift from driving to active school travel

Journal of Transport and Health

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 288-294

  Mammen, George ^a   Stone, Michelle R ^b   Buliung, Ron ^a   Faulkner, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active school travel; Driving; Physical activity; School travel planning; Walking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919326466     PISSN: 22141405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2014.09.004     Document Type: Article

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