Variations in active transport behavior among different neighborhoods and across adult life stages

Journal of Transport and Health

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 316-325

  Christiansen, Lars B ^a   Madsen, Thomas ^a   Schipperijn, Jasper ^a   Ersbøll, Annette K ^b   Troelsen, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Active transport; Adults; Built environment; Life stage; Neighborhood preferences; Self selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919332846     PISSN: 22141405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2014.10.002     Document Type: Article

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