Strength training improves body image and physical activity behaviors among midlife and older rural women

Journal of Extension

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Seguin, Rebecca A ^a   Eldridge, Galen ^b   Lynch, Wesley ^b   Paul, Lynn C ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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