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Crossing the road in time: Inequalities in older people's walking speeds

Pedestrian crossings in the UK and US require people to walk at 1.2 m/s to cross the road in time; however a large proportion of older people do not walk this fast, potentially discouraging walking or putting older people at risk of injury. We use longitudinal data to investigate changes in walking...

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Autores principales: Webb, Elizabeth A., Bell, Steven, Lacey, Rebecca E., Abell, Jessica G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5485874/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28702358
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2017.02.009