Analyzing the impact of public transit usage on obesity

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue , 2017, Pages 264-268

  She, Zhaowei ^a   King, Douglas M ^b   Jacobson, Sheldon H ^c  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment design; Obesity; Transportation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC TRANSIT USAGE; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAVEL;

BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; OBESITY; TRANSPORTATION; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85016047325     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.03.010     Document Type: Article

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