Exploring park director roles in promoting community physical activity

Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 731-738

  Marsh, Terry ^a   Derose, Kathryn Pitkin ^a   Cohen, Deborah A ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based participatory research; Marketing; Park staff

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863956925     PISSN: 15433080     EISSN: 15435476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jpah.9.5.731     Document Type: Article

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