Municipal policies and plans of action aiming to promote physical activity and healthy eating habits among schoolchildren in Stockholm, Sweden: A cross-sectional study

Implementation Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Guldbrandsson, Karin ^a,b   Wennerstad, Karin Modig ^a   Rasmussen, Finn ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

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EID: 69549130902     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-4-47     Document Type: Article

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