Gender bias in the assessment of physical activity in population studies

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 268-272

  Abel, T ^a   Graf, N ^a   Niemann, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gender; Physical activity; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; DATA ANALYSIS; EMPIRICISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HABIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; SPORT; SWITZERLAND; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0034846539     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01593182     Document Type: Article

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