Personal, social, and environmental correlates of physical activity in urban African-American women

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3 SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 38-44

  Young, Deborah Rohm ^a   Voorhees, Carolyn C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0141652008     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(03)00163-6     Document Type: Article

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