Women's Health Issues
Volume 16, Issue 6 , Pages 323-333 , November 2006

Physical activity and nutritional behaviors of women with physical disabilities: Physical, psychological, social, and environmental influences

  • Margaret A. Nosek, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Margaret A. Nosek, PhD, Center for Research on Women with Disabilities, Baylor College of Medicine, P.O. Box 890286, Houston, Texas 77289.
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  • Rosemary B. Hughes, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
    • ,
  • Susan Robinson-Whelen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
    • ,
  • Heather B. Taylor, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas
    • ,
  • Carol A. Howland, MS

      Affiliations

    • M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

Received 28 November 2005 ,Revised 10 May 2006 ,Accepted 10 May 2006.

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 Funded in part by a grant from the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research, National Institutes of Health (HD35051).

PII: S1049-3867(06)00090-9

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2006.08.002

Women's Health Issues
Volume 16, Issue 6 , Pages 323-333 , November 2006

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