Coming to consensus on policy to create supportive built environments and community design

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2012, Pages

  Raine, Kim D ^a   Muhajarine, Nazeem ^b   Spence, John C ^a   Neary, Neil E ^a   Nykiforuk, Candace I J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Child; Environment design; Health policy; Health status; Obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874270212     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403828     Document Type: Note

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