Perceived barriers to physical activity in university students

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 615-620

  Daskapan, Arzu ^a   Tuzun, Emine Handan ^a   Eker, Levent ^b  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Exercise; Perceived barriers; University students

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845800970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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