Secular trends in leisure-time physical activity in men and women across four decades

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 52-60

  Talbot, Laura A ^a   Fleg, Jerome L ^b   Metter, E Jeffrey ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Leisure time physical activity; Public recommendations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0037835548     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-7435(03)00058-6     Document Type: Article

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