A randomized trial of physical activity interventions: Design and baseline data from Project Active

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 275-283

  Kohl III, Harold W ^a,b,c   Dunn, Andrea L ^a,b,c   Marcus, Bess H ^a,b,c,d   Blair, Steven N ^a,b,c  

^a Division of Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral intervention; Clinical trial; Exercise; Methodology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PERFORMANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0031929599     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199802000-00016     Document Type: Article

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