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Special Survivorship Section—Physical Activity for Recovery, Editor: Julia Rowland, M.D.

Physical Activity Interventions Following Cancer Diagnosis: Methodologic Challenges to Delivery and Assessment

Melinda L. Irwin Department of Epidemiology & Public Health School of Medicine, Yale University, 60 College St. P.O. Box 208034, New Haven, Connecticut, CT 06520-8034, USA
, MPH , Ph.D. &
Barbara E. Ainsworth Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Exercise Science Prevention Research Center, Norman J. Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South CarolinaUSA; Department of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences, San Diego State University, 550 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CaliforniaUSA
, MPH , Ph.D.
Pages 30-50 | Published online: 17 Feb 2004

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