Prospective associations between intervention components and website engagement in a publicly available physical activity website: The case of 10,000 Steps Australia

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Davies, Cally ^a   Corry, Kelly ^a   Van Itallie, Anetta ^a   Vandelanotte, Corneel ^a   Caperchione, Cristina ^b   Mummery, W Kerry ^c  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Engagement; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HUMAN; INTERNET; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WALKING;

AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; INTERNET; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WALKING;

EID: 84856246567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1792     Document Type: Article

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