Comparison of perceived health to physiological measures of health in Black and White women

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 624-628

  Duncan, Glen E ^a,d   Anton, Stephen D ^b   Newton Jr , Robert L ^c   Perri, Michael G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Ethnicity; Exercise; Oxygen consumption; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING HABIT; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH; HEIGHT; HUMAN; INCOME; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SITTING; WEIGHT;

EID: 0037402697     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-7435(03)00017-3     Document Type: Article

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