Individual public transportation accessibility is positively associated with self-reported active commuting

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue NOV, 2014, Pages

  Djurhuus, Sune ^a,b   Hansen, Henning Sten ^a   Aadahl, Mette ^b   Glümer, Charlotte ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Research Centre for Prevention and Health   (Denmark)

Author keywords

GIS; Multi modal network; Multilevel regression; Physical activity; Travel planner

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957705762     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00240     Document Type: Article

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