Brief health professional-provided interventions may lead to small improvements in physical activity

Evidence-Based Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hillsdon, Melvyn ^a  

^a St Luke's Campus ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; NOTE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELF REPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

EID: 84873056995     PISSN: 13565524     EISSN: 14736810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ebmed-2012-100761     Document Type: Note

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