Mapping stairwell accessibility in Vancouver's downtown core

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 118-120

  Moore, Erica ^a   Richter, Brian A ^a   Patton, Cindy K ^a   Lear, Scott A ^a,b,c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Physical activity; Public health; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUILDING; CANADA; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 33645766729     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405328     Document Type: Article

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