Changing social and built environments to promote physical activity: recommendations from low income, urban women.

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Published in J Phys Act Health on January 01, 2007

Authors

Wendell C Taylor1, James F Sallis, Emily Lees, Joseph T Hepworth, Karina Feliz, Devin C Volding, Andrea Cassels, Jonathan N Tobin

Author Affiliations

1: University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

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