Developing evidencebased design: Environmental interventions for healthy development of young children in the outdoors

Open Space: People Space

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 125-136

  Cosco, Nilda G ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79954565510     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203961827     Document Type: Chapter

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