The built environment and transport-related physical activity: What we do and do not know

Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 435-444

  Badland, Hannah M ^a   Schofield, Grant M ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Physical activity; Transport; Urban design

Indexed keywords

EID: 85060935718     PISSN: 15433080     EISSN: 15435474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jpah.2.4.435     Document Type: Article

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