Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of an online intervention to increase physical activity in nova scotian cancer survivors: A randomized controlled trial

JMIR Cancer

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Forbes, Cynthia C ^a   Blanchard, Chris M ^b   Kerry Mummery, W ^a   Courneya, Kerry S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Efficacy; Exercise; Feasibility; Home based; Survivorship; Web based

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010919857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23691999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/cancer.4586     Document Type: Article

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