International comparisons of the associations between objective measures of the built environment and transport-related walking and cycling: IPEN adult study

Journal of Transport and Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 467-478

  Christiansen, Lars B ^a   Cerin, Ester ^b,c   Badland, Hannah ^d   Kerr, Jacqueline ^e   Davey, Rachel ^f   Troelsen, Jens ^a   van Dyck, Delfien ^g   Mitáš, Josef ^h   Schofield, Grant ⁱ   Sugiyama, Takemi ^j   Salvo, Deborah ^k,l   Sarmiento, Olga L ^m   Reis, Rodrigo ^n,o   Adams, Marc ^p   Frank, Larry ^q   Sallis, James F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^g GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^h PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

ⁱ AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^j SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^l INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^m UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

ⁿ PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^o FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^p ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Built environment; Cycling; International; IPEN; Transport; Walking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962138893     PISSN: 22141405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2016.02.010     Document Type: Article

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