Tackling obesity by urban planning? Recent research and a European case study

Built Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 415-428

  Minster, Clotilde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OBESITY; RESEARCH; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING;

EUROPE;

EID: 78650221020     PISSN: 02637960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2148/benv.36.4.415     Document Type: Article

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