Reliability of information on physical activity and other chronic disease risk factors among US women aged 40 years or older

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 379-391

  Brownson, Ross C ^a   Eyler, Amy A ^a,b   King, Abby C ^a,b,c   Shyu, Yuh Ling ^a,b,c   Brown, David R ^a,b,c   Homan, Sharon M ^a,b,c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Chronic disease; Data collection; Epidemiologic methods; Ethnic groups; Exercise; Population surveillance; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

RISK FACTOR; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033558151     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009824     Document Type: Article

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