An exploration of walking behaviour-An interpretative phenomenological approach

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2172-2183

  Darker, Catherine D ^a   Larkin, Michael ^a   French, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exercise; Public health; UK; Walking

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; WALKING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; WALKING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 35348921088     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.06.029     Document Type: Article

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