Does doing housework keep you healthy? the contribution of domestic physical activity to meeting current recommendations for health

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Murphy, Marie H ^a   Donnelly, Paul ^b   Breslin, Gavin ^a   Shibli, Simon ^c   Nevill, Alan M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Sport Northern Ireland   (United Kingdom)

^c SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84885561099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-966     Document Type: Article

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