Role of Built Environments in Physical Activity, Obesity, and Cardiovascular Disease

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Circulation

• Publication date

  2012-02-07

• Fields of study

  Geography, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.969022PMID 22311885PMCID PMC3315587
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