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A model for promoting physical activity among rural South African adolescent girls

John KinsmanEpidemiology and Global Health UnitDepartment of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Shane A. NorrisMRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research UnitDepartment of Paediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Kathleen KahnEpidemiology and Global Health UnitDepartment of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden;MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt)School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;INDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana
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Rhian TwineMRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt)School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;INDEPTH NetworkAccra, Ghana
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Kari RiggleMRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research UnitDepartment of Paediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Kerstin EdinEpidemiology and Global Health UnitDepartment of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden;MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt)School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;Department of NursingUmeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Jennifer MathebulaMRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt)School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Sizzy NgobeniMRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt)School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Nester MonarengMRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt)School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Lisa K. MicklesfieldMRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research UnitDepartment of Paediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Article: 28790 | Received 09 Jun 2015, Accepted 17 Nov 2015, Published online: 16 Dec 2015

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