Key informant surveys as a tool to implement and evaluate physical activity interventions in the community

Health Education Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 289-298

  Eyler, Amy A ^a   Mayer, Jeffrey ^a   Rafii, Reema ^a   Housemann, Robyn ^a   Brownson, Ross C ^a   King, Abby C ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI;

EID: 0033044387     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/14.2.289     Document Type: Article

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