Neighborhood Disadvantage and Physical Activity: Baseline Results from the HABITAT Multilevel Longitudinal Study
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Epidemiology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1047-2797
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.11.004