Environmental measures of physical activity supports: perception versus reality.

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Published in Am J Prev Med on May 01, 2003

Authors

Karen A Kirtland1, Dwayne E Porter, Cheryl L Addy, Matthew J Neet, Joel E Williams, Patricia A Sharpe, Linda J Neff, C Dexter Kimsey, Barbara E Ainsworth

Author Affiliations

1: Prevention Research Center, Norman J. Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 730 Devine Street, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.

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