The urban environment and leisure physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic: a view from Lagos

Taibat Lawansona Centre for Housing and Sustainable Development, University of Lagos, Lagos, NigeriaCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]

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Louise Foleyb MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

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Felix Assahc Health of Populations in Transition, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé, Cameroon

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Ebele Mogob MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

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Clarisse Mapa-Tassouc Health of Populations in Transition, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé, Cameroon

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Toluwalope Ogunroa Centre for Housing and Sustainable Development, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

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Victor Onifadea Centre for Housing and Sustainable Development, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

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Tolu Onib MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK;d School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa

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