Methodological aspects of physical activity assessment in epidemiological studies

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-70

  Pols, Margreet A ^a   Peeters, Petra H M ^a   Kemper, Han C G ^b   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Physical activity measurement; Questionnaire; Reproducibility; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031882193     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007427831179     Document Type: Article

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