Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 5 , Pages 413-422 , September 2008

Arranging Appropriate Activities: Immigrant Women's Ideas of Enabling Exercise

Received 12 August 2007 ,Revised 23 May 2008 ,Accepted 23 May 2008.

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 Supported by grants from the Swedish Research Council to Dr Kristina Sundquist (K2005-27X-15428-01A), ALF projektmedel, Stockholm, and the Stockholm County Council.

PII: S1049-3867(08)00066-2

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2008.05.001

Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 5 , Pages 413-422 , September 2008

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