All choices are not equal; effects of context on point-of-choice prompts for stair climbing [1]

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-84

  Eves, Frank F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; CLIMBING; ESCALATOR; LETTER; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SAMPLE SIZE; STAIR;

ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 37249052469     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2007.00372.x     Document Type: Letter

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