Health Correlates of Exercise Behavior and Stage Change in a Community-Based Exercise Intervention for the Elderly: A Pilot Study

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 421-428

  Nigg, Claudio ^a   English, Catherine ^b   Owens, Norma ^c   Burbank, Patricia ^b,d   Connolly Belanger, Annie ^b   Dufresne, Robert ^b   Fey Yensan, Nancy ^b   Garber, Carol Ewing ^e   Luisi, Andrea ^b   Padula, Cynthia ^b   Saunders, Sandra ^b   Clark, Phillip ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c Geriatric Pharmacotherapy   (United States)

^d Rhode Island Geriatric Education Center   (United States)

^e NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84992884565     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/152483990200300311     Document Type: Article

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