Do the health benefits of cycling outweigh the risks?
Although from a societal point of view a modal shift from car to bicycle may have beneficial health effects due to decreased air pollution emissions and increased levels of physical activity, shifts in individual adverse health effects such as higher exposure to air pollution and risk of a traffic a...
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Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva
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Series: | Ciência & Saúde Coletiva |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-81232011001300022&lng=en&tlng=en |