Movin' after school: A community-based support for policy change in the after-school environment

Childhood Obesity

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 337-341

  Huberty, Jennifer ^a   Beets, Michael W ^b   Beighle, Aaron ^c   Balluff, Mary ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d Douglas County Health Department   (United States)

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EID: 79953212913     PISSN: 21532168     EISSN: 21532176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/chi.2010.0502.oahub     Document Type: Article

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