Built environmental correlates of cycling for transport across Europe

Health and Place

Volumn 44, Issue , 2017, Pages 35-42

  Mertens, Lieze ^a   Compernolle, Sofie ^a   Deforche, Benedicte ^a,b   Mackenbach, Joreintje D ^c   Lakerveld, Jeroen ^c   Brug, Johannes ^c   Roda, Célina ^d   Feuillet, Thierry ^d   Oppert, Jean Michel ^d,e   Glonti, Ketevan ^f   Rutter, Harry ^f   Bardos, Helga ^g   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^a   Van Dyck, Delfien ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d COMUE Sorbonne Paris Cité ^*  (France)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Active transport; Built environment; Cycling; Google street view; Virtual audit

Indexed keywords

CYCLE TRANSPORT; ELDERLY POPULATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN AREA; VELOCITY; ACTIVE TRANSPORT; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; MIDDLE AGED;

EUROPE;

ADULT; BICYCLING; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 85010905701     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2017.01.007     Document Type: Article

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