Time to encourage patients to take more exercise

Practitioner

Volumn 256, Issue 1754, 2012, Pages 25-28

  Pugh, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FITNESS; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 84868122322     PISSN: 00326518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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