Health promotion programs related to the Athens 2004 Olympic and Para Olympic games

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Soteriades, Elpidoforos S ^a,b,c   Hadjichristodoulou, Christos ^c,d   Kremastinou, Jeni ^d   Chelvatzoglou, Fotini C ^e   Minogiannis, Panagiotis S ^f   Falagas, Matthew E ^a,e,g  

^a ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^d NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^e HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^f Athens 2004 Olympic Games Organizing Committee   (Greece)

^g TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SPORTING EVENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GREECE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HISTORY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL MARKETING; SPORT; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ANNIVERSARIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GREECE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; SOCIAL MARKETING; SPORTS;

EID: 33644860390     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-47     Document Type: Article

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