The concordance of directly and indirectly measured built environment attributes and physical activity adoption

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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

سال: 2011

ISSN: 1479-5868

DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-8-72