Promoting stair climbing in Barcelona: Similarities and differences with interventions in English-speaking populations

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 100-102

  Puig Ribera, Anna ^a   Eves, Frank F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIC CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF CATALONIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catalonia; Health promotion; Physical activity; Spain; Stair climbing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUILDING; CULTURAL FACTOR; EVALUATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; SPAIN;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SPAIN;

EID: 76249096019     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp059     Document Type: Article

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