The impacts of building a greenway on proximate residents' physical activity

Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1092-1097

  West, Stephanie T ^a   Shores, Kindal A ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Environment; Pre post; Proximate; Social ecological model

Indexed keywords

EID: 80155194028     PISSN: 15433080     EISSN: 15435476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jpah.8.8.1092     Document Type: Article

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