They go straight home - don't they? Using global positioning systems to assess adolescent school-travel patterns

Journal of Transport and Health

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 282-287

  Voss, Christine ^a   Winters, Meghan ^b   Frazer, Amanda D ^a   McKay, Heather A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR HIP HEALTH AND MOBILITY   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Health promotion; Physical activity; Spatial behavior; Transportation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919327841     PISSN: 22141405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2014.09.013     Document Type: Article

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