Investment in safe routes to school projects: Public health benefits for the larger community

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Watson, Margaret ^a,b   Dannenberg, Andrew L ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CITY PLANNING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; SCHOOL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

BICYCLING; CITY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HUMANS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; SCHOOLS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

EID: 84978374509     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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