Promoting routine stair use: Evaluating the impact of a stair prompt across buildings

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 136-141

  Lee, Karen K ^a   Perry, Ashley S ^a   Wolf, Sarah A ^a   Agarwal, Reena ^b   Rosenblum, Randi ^a   Fischer, Sean ^a   Grimshaw, Victoria E ^a   Wener, Richard E ^c   Silver, Lynn D ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUILDING; CALORIE; CLIMBING; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; STAIRS;

ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS; EXERCISE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSING; HUMANS; NEW YORK CITY; REMINDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 84862973774     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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