The lifetime total physical activity questionnaire: Development and reliability

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 266-274

  Friedenreich, Christine M ^a   Courneya, Kerry S ^a   Bryant, Heather E ^a  

^a Division of Epidemiology   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Measurement; Methods; Physical activity; Questionnaire; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SPORT;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COGNITION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MENTAL RECALL; OCCUPATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031930686     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199802000-00015     Document Type: Article

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