Promoting stair use among female employees: The effects of a health sign followed by an E-mail

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 188-196

  Auweele, Yves Vanden ^a   Boen, Filip ^a   Schapendonk, Wanda ^a   Dornez, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Intervention studies; Occupational health; Physical activity; Worksite

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644462473     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.27.2.188     Document Type: Article

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