Active communities for youth and families: Using research to create momentum for change

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL., 2010, Pages S3-

  Lee, Sarah M ^a   Sallis, James F ^b   Biddle, Stuart J H ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; STROKE;

EID: 73349142980     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.09.024     Document Type: Editorial

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