Effects of a danish multicomponent physical activity intervention on active school transport

Journal of Transport and Health

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 174-181

  Christiansen, Lars B ^a   Toftager, Mette ^b   Ersbøll, Annette K ^b   Troelsen, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Bicycling; Intervention; Multicomponent; School; Walking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923015770     PISSN: 22141405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2014.05.002     Document Type: Article

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