Physical activity levels and counseling practices of U.S. medical students

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 413-421

  Frank, Erica ^a,b   Tong, Elizabeth ^b   Lobelo, Felipe ^c   Carrera, Jennifer ^b   Duperly, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Exercise; Medical education; Physicians; Promotion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39749092483     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31815ff399     Document Type: Article

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