Quality and correlates of physical activity counseling by health care providers in Israel

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 618-626

  Epel, Orna Baron ^a,b   Ziva Regev, M ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Advise; Assess; Assist; Counseling; Health care provider; Physical activity; Quality; Weight reduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIETITIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; ISRAEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0033746301     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2000.0741     Document Type: Article

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