Characteristics of the built environment associated with leisure-time physical activity among adults in Bogotá, Colombia: a multilevel study.

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Published in J Phys Act Health on July 01, 2010

Authors

Luis F Gomez1, Olga L Sarmiento, Diana C Parra, Thomas L Schmid, Michael Pratt, Enrique Jacoby, Andrea Neiman, Robert Cervero, Janeth Mosquera, Candance Rutt, Mauricio Ardila, Jose D Pinzón

Author Affiliations

1: División de salud, Fundacion FES Social, Bogotá, Colombia.

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