The sustainability of interventions of a community-based trial on children and adolescents' healthy lifestyle

ARYA Atherosclerosis

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 107-117

  Sarrafzadegan, Nizal ^a   Rabiei, Katayoun ^b   Wong, Fiona ^c   Roohafza, Hamidreza ^b   Zarfeshani, Sonia ^a   Noori, Fatemeh ^a   Grainger Gasser, Alice ^c  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c WORLD HEART FEDERATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Behavior; Community health planning; Institutionalization; Schools; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PROGRAM SUSTAINABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84901684157     PISSN: 17353955     EISSN: 22516638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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