Characteristics of inactive primary care patients: Baseline data from the activity counseling trial

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 513-521

  Simons Morton, Denise G ^a   Hogan, Patricia ^b   Dunn, Andrea L ^c   Pruitt, Leslie ^d   King, Abby C ^d   Levine, Benjamin D ^e   Miller, Stephen T ^f  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research ^*  (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Health behavior; Patient education; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SMOKING;

EID: 0033736683     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2000.0733     Document Type: Article

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