Personal, social, and environmental correlates of physical activity in North Carolina Latina immigrants

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3 SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 77-85

  Evenson, Kelly R ^a   Sarmiento, Olga L ^a   Tawney, Kathy W ^a   Macon, M Lisa ^b   Ammerman, Alice S ^a,b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141429127     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(03)00168-5     Document Type: Article

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