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Exercise Preferences and Environmental Contexts: A Response to King and Wilcox

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  1. School of Human Kinetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1, Canada

    Mark R. Beauchamp Ph.D.

  2. School of Kinesiology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 3K1, Canada

    Albert V. Carron Ed.D.

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Beauchamp, M.R., Carron, A.V. Exercise Preferences and Environmental Contexts: A Response to King and Wilcox. ann. behav. med. 35, 370–372 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-008-9043-x

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