Exploring service quality in the health and fitness industry

Managing Service Quality

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-53

  Lagrosen, Stefan ^a   Lagrosen, Yvonne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY WEST   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fitness; Quality management; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846703196     PISSN: 09604529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09604520710720665     Document Type: Article

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