Personal and environmental factors associated with physical inactivity among different racial - Ethnic groups of U.S. middle-aged and older-aged women

Health Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 354-364

  King, Abby C ^a,b   Castro, Cynthia ^b   Wilcox, Sara ^c   Eyler, Amy A ^d   Sallis, James F ^e   Brownson, Ross C ^d  

^a Department of Health Research and Policy ^*  (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Determinants; Exercise; Older adults; Physical inactivity; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RACE;

EID: 0033757849     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.19.4.354     Document Type: Article

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