Applied Nursing Research
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 200-206 , November 2011

Rural Black women's thoughts about exercise

Received 20 April 2009 ,Revised 28 July 2009 ,Accepted 26 September 2009.

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 Research supported in part by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Graduate School Intramural Funds.

PII: S0897-1897(09)00106-2

doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2009.09.005

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 200-206 , November 2011

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