Validity of selected physical activity questions in white Seventh-day Adventists and non-Adventists

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1026-1037

  Singh, Pramil N ^a   Tonstad, Serena ^a,b   Abbey, David E ^a   Fraser, Gary E ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

FITNESS; GENDER DIFFERENCES; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RELIGIOUS GROUP; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEATING; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 0029791314     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199608000-00013     Document Type: Article

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