Health promotion in sport: An analysis of peak sporting organisations' health policies

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 566-567

  Kelly, Bridget ^a   Baur, Louise A ^a   Bauman, Adrian E ^a   Smith, Ben J ^b   Saleh, Shaimaa ^a   King, Lesley A ^a   Chapman, Kathy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Policy; Sport

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; SPORT;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; SPORTS;

EID: 77958472318     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2010.05.007     Document Type: Editorial

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