Cycling and walking for transport: Estimating net health effects from comparison of different transport mode users' self-reported physical activity

Health Economics Review

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Veisten, Knut ^a   Flügel, Stefan ^a   Ramjerdi, Farideh ^a   Minken, Harald ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYCLING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE; MALE; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; PEDESTRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN AREA; WALKING;

EID: 84971300516     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21911991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2191-1991-1-3     Document Type: Article

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