The impact of neighborhood park access and quality on body mass index among adults in New York City.

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Published in Prev Med on April 02, 2014

Authors

James H Stark1, Kathryn Neckerman2, Gina S Lovasi3, James Quinn3, Christopher C Weiss4, Michael D M Bader5, Kevin Konty1, Tiffany G Harris1, Andrew Rundle6

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Epidemiology, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, USA.
2: Columbia Population Research Center, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
3: Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
4: Department of Sociology, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
5: Department of Sociology, Risk and Society, American University, Washington, DC, USA; Center on Health, Risk and Society, American University, Washington, DC, USA.
6: Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: agr3@columbia.edu.

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