Predictors of inactivity: An analysis of the Ontario Health Survey

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 354-358

  Allison, Kenneth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0029946624     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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