Dutch cycling: Quantifying the health and related economic benefits

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2015, Pages e13-e15

  Fishman, Elliot ^a,b   Schepers, Paul ^a,c   Kamphuis, Carlijn Barbara Maria ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Institute for Sensible Transport   (Australia)

^c Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COST CONTROL; CYCLING; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BICYCLING; COST SAVINGS; ECONOMICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937570960     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302724     Document Type: Article

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