An uphill struggle: Effects of a point-of-choice stair climbing intervention in a non-English speaking population

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1286-1290

  Eves, Frank F ^a   Masters, Rich S W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Exercise promotion; Humidity; Stair climbing; Walking

Indexed keywords

LIFESTYLE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PUBLIC HEALTH; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BUILDING; CHINESE; CLIMATE; CODING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MONITORING; OBSERVATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAVEL; WALKING; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS; EXERTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HONG KONG; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXERTION; TEMPERATURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 33750218476     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl141     Document Type: Article

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