Promoting active transportation as a partnership between urban planning and public health: The Columbus healthy places program

Public Health Reports

Volumn 126, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 41-49

  Green, Christine Godward ^a   Klein, Elizabeth G ^b  

^a Columbus Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CITY PLANNING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

EID: 79957872416     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00333549111260s107     Document Type: Article

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