Recruiting Participants for Neighborhood Effects Research: Strategies and Outcomes of the Twin Cities Walking Study

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 787-805

  Oakes, J Michael ^a   Forsyth, Ann ^b   Hearst, Mary O ^a   Schmitz, Kathryn H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

neighborhood; public health; recruitment; survey methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950769251     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916508324674     Document Type: Article

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