Association of park size, distance, and features with physical activity in neighborhood parks.

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  American Journal of Public Health

• Publication date

  2008-06-12

• Fields of study

  Geography, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.2105/AJPH.2007.129064PMID 18556600PMCID PMC2446450
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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