Gender equality in sport for improved public health

The Lancet

Volumn 388, Issue 10051, 2016, Pages 1257-1258

  Brown, Wendy J ^a   Mielke, Gregore I ^a,b   Kolbe Alexander, Tracy L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LEISURE; NOTE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; GENDER IDENTITY;

GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SPORTS;

EID: 84979780783     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30881-9     Document Type: Note

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