Playground renovations and quality at public parks in Boston, Massachusetts, 1996-200

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Barrett, Jessica L ^a   Hannon, Cynthia ^b   Keefe, Linda ^c   Gortmaker, Steven L ^a   Cradock, Angie L ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; RECREATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; BOSTON; CHILD; HUMANS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84863923629     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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