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Physical Activity and the Achievement Gap Among Urban Minority Youth

  1. Charles E. Basch PhD*

Article first published online: 16 SEP 2011

DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2011.00637.x

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Journal of School Health

Special Issue: Dedication This special issue of the Journal of School Health is dedicated to the urban minority youth of America

Volume 81, Issue 10, pages 626–634, October 2011

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Basch, C. E. (2011), Physical Activity and the Achievement Gap Among Urban Minority Youth. Journal of School Health, 81: 626–634. doi: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2011.00637.x

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  1. Richard March Hoe Professor of Health and Education, (ceb35@columbia.edu), Department of Health and Behavior Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027.

*Charles E. Basch, Richard March Hoe Professor of Health and Education, (ceb35@columbia.edu), Department of Health and Behavior Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027.

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