Predictors of physical activity among rural and small town breast cancer survivors: An application of the theory of planned behaviour

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 685-697

  Vallance, Jeff K ^a   Lavallee, Celeste ^a   Culos Reed, Nicole S ^b   Trudeau, Marc G ^b,c  

^a ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Margery E Yuill Cancer Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

breast cancer survivors; physical activity; rural; theory of planned behaviour

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR;

AGED; ALBERTA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84867373369     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2012.659745     Document Type: Article

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