People’s experiences of using outdoor gym equipment in parks
Susan Furber A B D , Hayden Pomroy C , Samantha Grego C and Karen Tavener-Smith A
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A Health Promotion Service, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District, Locked Mail Bag 9, Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia.
B Conjoint Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
C Former student, School of Health Society, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.
D Corresponding author. Email: susan.furber@sesiahs.health.nsw.gov.au
Health Promotion Journal of Australia 25(3) 211-211 https://doi.org/10.1071/HE14038
Submitted: 28 May 2014 Accepted: 27 September 2014 Published: 1 December 2014
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