The International Universities Walking Project: Employee step counts, sitting times and health status

International Journal of Workplace Health Management

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 152-161

  Gilson, Nicholas ^a   McKenna, Jim ^b   Puig Ribera, Anna ^c   Brown, Wendy ^a   Burton, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIC CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF CATALONIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cross cultural studies; Employees; Exercise; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986116842     PISSN: 17538351     EISSN: 1753836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538350810926516     Document Type: Article

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