Physical activity and nutrition among youth in rural, suburban and urban neighbourhood types

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2012, Pages

  Shearer, Cindy ^a   Blanchard, Chris ^a   Kirk, Sara ^a   Lyons, Renee ^b   Dummer, Trevor ^a   Pitter, Robert ^c   Rainham, Daniel ^a   Rehman, Laurene ^a   Shields, Chris ^c   Sim, Meaghan ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Built environment; Nutrition; Physical activity; Socioeconomic status; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874250293     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403836     Document Type: Article

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