Use of stairs in a hospital increased by a sign near the stairs or the elevator;Trapgebruik in een ziekenhuis bevorderd met een bordje bij de trap of de lift

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 149, Issue 52, 2005, Pages 2900-2903

  Houweling, S T ^a,c   Stoopendaal, J ^b   Kleefstra, N ^b   Meyboom De Jong, B ^b   Bilo, H J G ^b  

^a ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Stichting Langerhans   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXERCISE; HOSPITAL BUILDING; MEASUREMENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION;

EID: 29744464885     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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