Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 45, Issue 3, Supplement , Pages S64-S70 , September 2009

A Quantitative Examination of Park Characteristics Related to Park Use and Physical Activity Among Urban Youth

  • Amy V. Ries, M.H.S., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Amy V. Ries, M.H.S., Ph.D., Department of Nutrition, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1700 Airport Road, Campus Box 7294, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7294.
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  • Carolyn C. Voorhees, M.S., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
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  • Kathleen M. Roche, M.S.W., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Joel Gittelsohn, M.S., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Alice F. Yan, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
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  • Nan M. Astone, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland

Received 13 November 2008 ,Accepted 7 May 2009.

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PII: S1054-139X(09)00186-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.04.020

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 45, Issue 3, Supplement , Pages S64-S70 , September 2009

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