Design and national dissemination of the strongWomen community strength training Program

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Seguin, Rebecca A ^a   Economos, Christina D ^a   Hyatt, Raymond ^a   Palombo, Ruth ^b   Reed, Peter N T ^a   Nelson, Miriam E ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 38449090878     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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