The importance of public safety in promoting physical activity and curbing obesity within african American communities

Obesity Interventions in Underserved Communities: Evidence and Directions

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 162-175

  Pollack, Keshia M ^a   Rossen, Lauren M ^b   Roman, Caterina ^c   Whitt Glover, Melicia C ^d   Leviton, Laura C ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^c Gramercy Research Group ^*

^d Gramercy Research Group   (United States)

^e ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

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