When will we treat physical activity as a legitimate medical therapy⋯even though it does not come in a pill?

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 80-81

  Church, Timothy S ^a,b   Blair, Steven N ^a  

^a Pennington Biomedical Research Center   (United States)

^b PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAPSULES; EXERCISE THERAPY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS;

EID: 61449134113     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2008.053850     Document Type: Editorial

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