Motivations and barriers to exercise among college students

Journal of Exercise Physiology Online

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1-11

  Ebben, William ^a   Brudzynski, Laura ^b  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Exercise psychology; Sport psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949089640     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10979751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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