American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 25, Issue 3, Supplement 2 , Pages 193-203 , October 2003

Active living for assisted living: Promoting partnerships within a systems framework

  • Shannon L Mihalko, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: Shannon L. Mihalko, PhD, Department of Health and Exercise Science, PO Box 7868, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem NC 27109, USA.
    • Department of Health and Exercise Science, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
    • ,
  • Katie L Wickley, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health and Exercise Science, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

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doi: 10.1016/S0749-3797(03)00184-3

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 25, Issue 3, Supplement 2 , Pages 193-203 , October 2003

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