Inactive Australian college students' preferred activities, sources of assistance, and motivators

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 197-199

  Leslie, Eva ^a   Owen, Neville ^a   Sallis, James F ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT;

EID: 0032929414     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/0890-1171-13.4.197     Document Type: Article

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