There׳s an app for that: development of a smartphone app to promote active travel to a college campus

Journal of Transport and Health

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 305-314

  Bopp, Melissa ^a   Sims, Dangaia ^a   Matthews, Stephen A ^a   Rovniak, Liza S ^b   Poole, Erika ^a   Colgan, Joanna ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Active travel; Health; Smartphone; Technology; University

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959566678     PISSN: 22141405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2016.02.007     Document Type: Article

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