Interventions to promote walking: Systematic review

British Medical Journal

Volumn 334, Issue 7605, 2007, Pages 1204-1207

  Ogilvie, David ^a   Foster, Charles E ^b   Rothnie, Helen ^c   Cavill, Nick ^b   Hamilton, Val ^d   Fitzsimons, Claire F ^c   Mutrie, Nanette ^c  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FITNESS; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVENTION STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VALIDITY; WALKING; WELLBEING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COUNSELING; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; TRAVEL;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COUNSELING; EXERCISE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TRAVEL; WALKING;

EID: 34250375564     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39198.722720.BE     Document Type: Article

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