A prospective study of psychosocial correlates of physical activity for ethnic minority women

Psychology and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 277-293

  Castro, Cynthia M ^c   Sallis, James F ^b   Hickmann, Sara A ^c   Lee, Rebecca E ^a   Chen, Audrey H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Correlates of exercise; Ethnic minority women; Physical activity intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033416954     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870449908407328     Document Type: Article

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