A hierarchy of sociodemographic and environmental correlates of walking and obesity.

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Published in Prev Med on April 22, 2008

Authors

Lawrence D Frank1, Jacqueline Kerr, James F Sallis, Rebecca Miles, Jim Chapman

Author Affiliations

1: School of Community and Regional Planning at the University of British Columbia, Canada. ldfrank@interchange.ubc.ca

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