Increasing physical activity among church members: community-based participatory research.

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Published in Am J Prev Med on February 01, 2007

Authors

Sara Wilcox1, Marilyn Laken, Melissa Bopp, Octavia Gethers, Peng Huang, Lottie McClorin, Allen W Parrott, Rosetta Swinton, Antronette Yancey

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA. wilcoxs@gwm.sc.edu

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