Use and Nonuse of a Rail Trail Conversion for Physical Activity: Implications for Promoting Trail Use

American Journal of Health Education

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 249-256

  Price, Anna E ^a   Reed, Julian A ^b  

^a SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84903172270     PISSN: 19325037     EISSN: 21683751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19325037.2014.917060     Document Type: Article

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