Characteristics of walkable built environments and BMI z-scores in children: evidence from a large electronic health record database.

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Published in Environ Health Perspect on September 23, 2014

Authors

Dustin T Duncan1, Mona Sharifi, Steven J Melly, Richard Marshall, Thomas D Sequist, Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman, Elsie M Taveras

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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