Promoting Walking with Pedometers in the Community. The Step-by-Step Trial

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 290-297

  Merom, Dafna ^a   Rissel, Chris ^b   Phongsavan, Philayrath ^a   Smith, Ben J ^a   Van Kemenade, Cathelijne ^b   Brown, Wendy J ^c   Bauman, Adrian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Health Promotion Service   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; THEORETICAL STUDY; WALKING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; NEW SOUTH WALES; WALKING;

EID: 33947380195     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2006.12.007     Document Type: Article

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