Wheeling walks: Evaluation of a media-based community intervention

Family and Community Health

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 64-78

  Reger Nash, Bill ^a   Bauman, Adrian ^b   Booth Butterfield, Steven ^a   Cooper, Linda ^a   Smith, Holli ^c   Chey, Tien ^b   Simon, Kenneth J ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Department of Community Medicine ^*

Author keywords

Advertising; Health education; Mass media; Physical activity; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; WALKING;

EID: 12444320309     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003727-200501000-00009     Document Type: Article

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