Quality of Life Assessment for Physical Activity and Health Promotion

Frontiers of History in China

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-200

  Gill, Diane L ^a   Chang, Yu Kai ^b   Murphy, Karen M ^a   Speed, Kathryn M ^a   Hammond, Cara C ^a   Rodriguez, Enid A ^a   Lyu, MinJeong ^c   Shang, Ya Ting ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN SPORT UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Kyungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Assessment; Physical activity; Positive health; Survey development

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956063360     PISSN: 16733401     EISSN: 16733525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11482-010-9126-2     Document Type: Article

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