Citation: Wenjun Li, Elizabeth Procter-Gray, Gretchen A. Youssef, Scott E. Crouter, Jie Cheng, Kristen Brown, Linda Churchill, Anthony Clarke, Judith K. Ockene, Michelle F. Magee. Racial Differences in Neighborhood Perceptions and their Influences on Physical Activity among Urban Older Women[J]. AIMS Public Health, 2017, 4(2): 149-170. doi: 10.3934/publichealth.2017.2.149
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