Leisure-time, occupational, and household physical activity among professional, skilled, and less-skilled workers and homemakers

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 191-199

  Salmon, Jo ^a   Owen, Neville ^a   Bauman, Adrian ^b   Schmitz, M Kathryn H ^c   Booth, Michael ^d  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Household physical activity; Leisure time physical activity; Occupational categories; Occupational physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; FITNESS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034015772     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1999.0619     Document Type: Article

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