Maintenance of Change in the Active-for-Life Initiative

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 501-504

  Wilcox, Sara ^a   Dowda, Marsha ^a   Wegley, Stacy ^b   Ory, Marcia G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Hamilton Co General Health District   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70450189786     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.07.016     Document Type: Article

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