Increasing active travel: Results of a quasiexperimental study of an intervention to encourage walking and cycling

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1184-1190

  Keall, Michael ^a   Chapman, Ralph ^b   Howden Chapman, Philippa ^a   Witten, Karen ^c   Abrahamse, Wokje ^b   Woodward, Alistair ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; META-ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOBIOLOGY; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; WALKING;

NEW ZEALAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAR; CHILD; CITY; CYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILES; BICYCLING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEW ZEALAND; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949625007     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2015-205466     Document Type: Article

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