The Victorian Active Script Programme: Promising signs for general practitioners, population health, and the promotion of physical activity

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-25

  Sims, J ^a   Huang, N ^b   Pietsch, J ^c   Naccarella, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study (MCCS)   (Australia)

^c Whitehorse Council   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION MODEL; POPULATION RESEARCH;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; VICTORIA;

EID: 0842330676     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2002.001297     Document Type: Article

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