Short-term results of community-based interventions for improving physical activity: Isfahan Healthy Heart Programme
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Short-term results of community-based interventions for improving physical activity: Isfahan Healthy Heart Programme
INTRODUCTION To assess the effect of a comprehensive community-based programme for increasing physical activity (PA) after 2 years of interventions. MATERIAL AND METHODS A 6-year, action-oriented, comprehensive, and integrated community-based study, entitled the Isfahan Healthy Heart Programme, was conducted in Iran from the year 2000. The interventions targeted the whole population of nearly...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Medical Science
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1734-1922
DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2010.13504