Reliability and validity of three physical activity questionnaires in Flemish males

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 147, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 982-990

  Philippaerts, Renaat M ^a   Lefevre, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Epidemiologic methods; Life style; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HABIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MANAGER; MANUAL LABOR; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFICE WORKER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPORT;

EID: 0032523807     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009389     Document Type: Article

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