A stocktake of physical activity programs in the Pacific Islands

Health Promotion International

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 197-207

  Siefken, Katja ^a   MacNiven, Rona ^b   Schofield, Grant ^a   Bauman, Adrian ^b   Waqanivalu, Temo ^c  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

non communicable diseases; obesity; Oceania; physical inactivity; PICs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXERCISE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PACIFIC ISLANDS; SCHOOL; STATISTICS; WORKPLACE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EXERCISE; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; SCHOOLS; WORKPLACE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84861078123     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dar026     Document Type: Article

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