Public Health
Volume 123, Issue 10 , Pages 670-672 , October 2009

An evaluation of the effectiveness of ‘Active for Life’: An exercise referral scheme in West Suffolk

  • A.S.W. Lee

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
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  • S.J. Griffin

      Affiliations

    • MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Box 285, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
    • ,
  • R.K. Simmons

      Affiliations

    • MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Box 285, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 1223 330315; fax: +44 1223 330316.
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  • on behalf of Forest Heath District Council

Received 21 July 2008 ,Revised 27 July 2009 ,Accepted 9 September 2009.

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PII: S0033-3506(09)00256-X

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.09.005

Public Health
Volume 123, Issue 10 , Pages 670-672 , October 2009

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