Promoting Stair Climbing: Intervention Effects Generalize to a Subsequent Stair Ascent
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Promoting stair climbing: effects of message specificity and validation.
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Health Promotion
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0890-1171,2168-6602
DOI: 10.4278/0890-1171-22.2.114