Walking and cycling to school: predictors of increases among children and adolescents.

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Published in Am J Prev Med on January 21, 2009

Authors

Clare Hume1, Anna Timperio, Jo Salmon, Alison Carver, Billie Giles-Corti, David Crawford

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia. clare.hume@deakin.edu.au

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