The Built Environment and Population Physical Activity: Methods for Mapping the Relevant Laws

Tracy Nau1,2, William Bellew1,2, Billie Giles-Corti2,3

  • 1Prevention Research Collaboration, Charles Perkins Centre, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW,Australia.

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