Pleasurable aerobic activity: A type of casual leisure with salubrious implications

World Leisure Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 55-58

  Stebbins, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerobic activity; Casual leisure; Diseases of the circulatory system; Obesity; Pleasurable aerobic activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85003332889     PISSN: 16078055     EISSN: 23334509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/04419057.2004.9674374     Document Type: Article

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