Active living research: Partnerships that count

Health and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 118-120

  Giles Corti, Billie ^a   Whitzman, Carolyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Active living; Built environment; Physical activity; Physical environment; Research translation; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADVOCACY; HEALTH POLICY; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; PLANNING PROCESS; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH WORK;

ACTIVE LIVING RESEARCH; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BICYCLE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RESEARCH; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WALKING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84855660838     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.09.010     Document Type: Article

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