Meeting physical activity guidelines and average daily steps in a working population

Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 218-226

  Miller, Ruth ^a   Brown, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Physical activity measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 31344456729     PISSN: 15433080     EISSN: 15435474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jpah.1.3.218     Document Type: Article

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