Views of young people towards physical activity: Determinants and barriers to involvement

Health Education

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 190-199

  Mulvihill, Caroline ^a   Rivers, Kim ^a   Aggleton, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exercise; Health; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986052227     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654280010343555     Document Type: Article

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