A school-based intervention (‘Girls Active’) to increase physical activity levels among 11- to 14-year-old girls: cluster RCT
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عنوان ژورنال: Public Health Research
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2050-4381,2050-439X
DOI: 10.3310/phr07050