Public policy processes and getting physical activity into Alberta's urban schools

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 332-338

  Gladwin, Catherine P ^a,b   Church, John ^a   Plotnikoff, Ronald C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Physical activity; Public policy; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 50949103205     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403767     Document Type: Article

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