Responding to a request: Gender-exclusive swims in a Somali community

Public Health Reports

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 137-140

  Moore, Eva ^a   Ali, Mohamed ^b   Graham, Elinor ^c   Quan, Linda ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Hope Academic Enrichment Center   (United States)

^c UW ^*

^d SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SWIMMING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74849117593     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491012500118     Document Type: Short Survey

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