A randomised controlled trial of a facebook-based physical activity intervention for government employees with metabolic syndrome

Malaysian Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 165-181

  Chee, H P ^a   Hazizi, A S ^a   Barakatun, M Y ^a   Mohd, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Employees; Metabolic syndrome; Physical activity; Randomised controlled trial; Social networking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948956876     PISSN: 1394035X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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