Measurement of physical activity to assess health effects in free-living populations

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 60-70

  Paffenbarger, Ralph S ^a,b,c   Blair, Steven N ^a,b,c   Lee, I Min ^a,b,c   Hyde, Robert T ^a,b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b The Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research ^*  (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary habits; Epidemiology; Exercise habits; Health assessment; Health effects; Physical activities; Physical fitness; Questionnaire; Social habits

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; CALORIC INTAKE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET; ENERGY TRANSFER; FITNESS; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION;

EXERCISE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027392540     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/00005768-199301000-00010     Document Type: Article

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