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International Perspectives
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Can Exergames Impart Health Messages? Game Play, Framing, and Drivers of Physical Activity Among Children

May O. Lwin Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, SingaporeCorrespondence[email protected]
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Shelly Malik Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Pages 136-151 | Published online: 05 Nov 2013

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