Obesity, Physical Activity, and the Environment: Is There a Legal Basis for Environmental Injustices?

Environmental Justice

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-48

  Taylor, Wendell C ^a   Hepworth, Joseph T ^b   Lees, Emily ^c   Feliz, Karina ^d   Ahsan, Shamim ^e   Cassells, Andrea ^f   Volding, Devin C ^g   Tobin, Jonathan N ^h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Introgen Therapeutics ^*  (United States)

^d Clinical Directors Network ^*  (United States)

^e Introgen Therapeutics Inc   (United States)

^f Clinical Directors Network   (United States)

^g BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 65249163939     PISSN: 19394071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/env.2008.0504     Document Type: Article

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