Built environment: Walkability of neighbourhoods

Evidence-Based Public Health: Effectiveness and Efficiency

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Gebel, Klaus ^a   Bauman, Adrian E ^a   Bull, Fiona C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental interventions; Evidence base; Health policy; Physical activity; Public health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897466893     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199563623.003.019     Document Type: Chapter

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