Active by design: Promoting physical activity through school ground greening

Children's Geographies

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 463-477

  Dyment, Janet E ^a   Bell, Anne C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 77956267207     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733280701631965     Document Type: Article

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