Seasonal variation in leisure-time physical activity among Canadians

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 203-208

  Merchant, Anwar T ^a   Dehghan, Mahshid ^a   Akhtar Danesh, Noori ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Physical activity; Seasons

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447274504     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403713     Document Type: Article

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