The road to exercise is filled with good intentions: Why don't my proximal exercise intentions match my actions?

Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 102-118

  Bloomquist, Candace D ^a   Gyurcsik, Nancy C ^a   Brawley, Lawrence R ^a   Spink, Kevin S ^a   Bray, Steven R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 54349107003     PISSN: 10712089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9861.2008.00030.x     Document Type: Article

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