Getting the inactive implications for public health policy

Journal of The Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 16-17

  Mutrie, Nanette ^a   Blamey, Avril ^b  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

EXERCISE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 0842281965     PISSN: 14664240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146642400312400107     Document Type: Review

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