Understanding exercise motivation in colorectal cancer patients: A prospective study using the theory of planned behavior

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 68-84

  Courneya, Kerry S ^a   Friedenreich, Christine M ^b,d   Arthur, Keith ^c   Bobick, Todd M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Alberta Cancer Board   (Canada)

^c TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^d Div Epidemiol Prev Screening   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

EID: 0032911412     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0090-5550.44.1.68     Document Type: Article

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