Exercise physiologists emerge as allied healthcare professionals in the era of non-communicable disease pandemics: A report from Australia, 2006-2012

Sports Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 869-877

  Cheema, Birinder S ^a,b   Robergs, Robert A ^c   Askew, Christopher D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; PANDEMICS; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PANDEMICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84903780890     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40279-014-0173-y     Document Type: Article

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