Walkable for whom? examining the role of the built environment on the neighbourhood-based physical activity of children

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2012, Pages

  Loptson, Kristjana ^a   Muhajarine, Nazeem ^a,b   Ridalls, Tracy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Neighbourhood built environment; Physical activity; Qualitative method; Safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874259107     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403832     Document Type: Article

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