Scaling up physical activity interventions worldwide: stepping up to larger and smarter approaches to get people moving

The Lancet

Volumn 388, Issue 10051, 2016, Pages 1337-1348

  Reis, Rodrigo S ^a,b   Salvo, Deborah ^c,d   Ogilvie, David ^e   Lambert, Estelle V ^f   Goenka, Shifalika ^g   Brownson, Ross C ^a,h  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^g PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^h USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 84979950229     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30728-0     Document Type: Review

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