Prevalence of physical inactivity and its relation to social class in U.S. adults: Results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1821-1827

  Crespo, Carlos J ^a   Ainsworth, Barbara E ^b   Keteyian, Steven J ^b   Heath, Gregory W ^b   Smit, Ellen ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Exercise; Income; NHANES; Physical activity; Poverty; SES; Social class

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; LEISURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PENSIONER; POVERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0033380219     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199912000-00019     Document Type: Article

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