Fitness levels and physical activity among class A drug users entering prison

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1142-1144

  Fischer, Jan ^a   Butt, Christine ^b   Dawes, Helen ^a   Foster, Charlie ^c   Neale, Joanne ^a   Plugge, Emma ^c   Wheeler, Carly ^a   Wright, Nat ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b National Probation Service   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG USE; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRISON; PRISONER; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; WALKING;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG USERS; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PRISONERS; PRISONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870240617     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2011-090724     Document Type: Article

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