Exercise behaviour and attitudes among fourth-year medical students at the University of British Columbia

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Holtz, Kaila A ^a   Kokotilo, Kristen J ^b   Fitzgerald, Barbara E ^b   Frank, Erica ^b  

^a Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre Vancouver Coastal Health   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCRIPTION; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COUNSELING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873842387     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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