Assessing the built environment using gps, physical activity monitors and geospatial surveys

International Journal of Geoinformatics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-48

  Seeger, C J ^a   Welk, G J ^a   Erickson, M S ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GPS; OBESITY; RESEARCH; URBAN FORESTRY;

AMES; IOWA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857746983     PISSN: 16866576     EISSN: 26730014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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