Development of public policy and physical activity initiatives internationally

Sports Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 157-163

  Blair, Steven N ^a   Booth, Michael ^b   Gyarfas, Ivan ^c   Iwane, Hisao ^d   Marti, Bernard ^e   Matsudo, Victor ^f   Morrow, Melba S ^a   Noakes, Tim ^g   Shephard, Roy ^h  

^a Cooper Inst for Aerobics Research ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Swiss Sports School Magglingen   (Switzerland)

^f Center for Laboratory Studies   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FITNESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LAW; LIFESTYLE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0029878767     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-199621030-00001     Document Type: Review

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