A physician fitness program: Enhancing the physician as an "exercise" role model for patients

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-35

  Rogers, Laura Q ^a,d   Gutin, Bernard ^a   Humphries, Matthew C ^a   Lemmon, Christian R ^a   Waller, Jennifer L ^a   Baranowski, Tom ^b   Saunders, Ruth ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EVALUATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LEARNING; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; RESIDENT; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 14944372492     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15328015tlm1701_6     Document Type: Article

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