Awareness of Canada's physical activity guide to healthy active living in a large community sample

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 294-297

  Plotnikoff, Ronald C ^a,b   Lippke, Sonia ^c   Johnson, Steven T ^b   Hugo, Kylie ^b   Rodgers, Wendy ^b   Spence, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Awareness; Physical Activity; Prevention Research; Public Health Guidelines

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TIME;

ADULT; ALBERTA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79961131960     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.090211-ARB-60     Document Type: Article

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