Can inexpensive signs encourage the use of stairs? Results from a community intervention

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 363-369

  Andersen, Ross E ^a   Franckowiak, Shawn C ^a   Snyder, Julia ^a   Bartlett, Susan J ^a   Fontaine, Kevin R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0032169073     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-129-5-199809010-00003     Document Type: Article

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