Can the built environment reduce obesity the impact of residential sprawl and neighborhood parks on obesity and physical activity

Eastern Economic Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 390-402

  Kostova, Deliana ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

built environment; obesity; physical activity; residential sprawl; unobserved heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959564981     PISSN: 00945056     EISSN: 19394632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/eej.2009.47     Document Type: Article

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