Can walking or biking to work really make a difference? Compact development, observed commuter choice and body mass index

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Wojan, Timothy R ^a   Hamrick, Karen S ^a  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIKING; BODY MASS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WALKING; CITY; CYCLING; DECISION MAKING; EXERCISE; GEOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BICYCLING; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CITIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941339063     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130903     Document Type: Article

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