Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 281-291 , July 2008

Type of Physical Activity Goal Influences Participation in Healthy Midlife Women

  • Michelle L. Segar, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Research on Women and Gender, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Michelle L. Segar, PhD, MPH, University of Michigan, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, 204 South State Street, 1123 Lane Hall, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1290; Fax: 734-995-5152.
    • ,
  • Jacquelynne S. Eccles, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • ,
  • Caroline R. Richardson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • HSR&D Center for Excellence, VA Health Care Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Received 7 September 2007 ,Accepted 6 February 2008.

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 Partially funded by an American Fellowship from the American Association of University Women Educational Foundation and a grant from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation.

PII: S1049-3867(08)00012-1

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2008.02.003

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