Negotiating participation: How women living with disabilities address barriers to exercise

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 743-766

  Rolfe, Danielle E ^a,c   Yoshida, Karen ^a   Renwick, Rebecca ^a   Bailey, Carrie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Private Practice   (Canada)

^c Graduate Department of Exercise Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; DISABLED PERSON; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; DISABLED PERSONS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 70349243469     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330802484621     Document Type: Article

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