Statewide prevalence and correlates of walking and bicycling to school.

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Published in Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med on September 01, 2003

Authors

Kelly R Evenson1, Sara L Huston, Bradley J McMillen, Philip Bors, Dianne S Ward

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27514, USA. kelly_evenson@unc.edu

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