Private and public modes of bicycle commuting: A perspective on attitude and perception

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 717-723

  Curto, A ^a,b,c   De Nazelle, A ^d   Donaire Gonzalez, D ^a,b,c,e   Cole Hunter, T ^a,b,c   Garcia Aymerich, J ^a,b,c   Martinez D ^a,b,c   Anaya, E ^d   Rodriguez D ^f   Jerrett, M ^g   Nieuwenhuijsen, M J ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITAT RAMON LLULL   (Spain)

^f University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CYCLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPAIN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ADULT; BICYCLING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; SPAIN; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84984688905     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv235     Document Type: Article

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