Step-Count Promotion Through a School-Based Intervention

Clinical Nursing Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 402-420

  Shore, Stuart M ^a   Sachs, Michael L ^b   DuCette, Joseph P ^b   Libonati, Joseph R ^c  

^a Temple University ^*  (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

child and adolescent health; exercise; health educators; physical fitness and sport

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; PROCEDURES; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; WALKING;

EID: 84907099258     PISSN: 10547738     EISSN: 15523799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1054773813485240     Document Type: Article

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