Lifestyle Factors of a Five-Year Community-Intervention Program. The Hartslag Limburg Intervention

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-56

  Wendel Vos, G C Wanda ^a   Dutman, Alice E ^b   Verschuren, W M Monique ^a   Ronckers, Emma T ^c   Ament, Andre ^c   van Assema, Patricia ^c   van Ree, Jan ^c   Ruland, Erik C ^d   Schuit, Albertine J ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NIGZ Netherlands Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; WALKING;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66549116681     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.03.015     Document Type: Article

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