Spatial Disparities in the Distribution of Parks and Green Spaces in the USA

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• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Annals of Behavioral Medicine

• Publication date

  2013-01-19

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Geography, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s12160-012-9426-xPMID 23334758PMCID PMC3590901
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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