Promoting workplace stair climbing: Sometimes, not interfering is the best

Archives of Public Health

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Avitsland, Andreas ^a   Solbraa, Ane Kristiansen ^a   Riiser, Amund ^a  

^a WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Active transport; Nudging; Physical activity; Public health; Quasi experimental

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; BEHAVIOR; BUILDING; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLIMBING; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FOLLOW UP; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 85008395061     PISSN: 07787367     EISSN: 20493258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13690-016-0170-8     Document Type: Article

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