Change in commute mode and body-mass index: prospective, longitudinal evidence from UK Biobank

The Lancet Public Health

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2016, Pages e46-e55

  Flint, Ellen ^a   Webb, Elizabeth ^b   Cummins, Steven ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOBANK; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDING; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 85019865292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24682667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(16)30006-8     Document Type: Article

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