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

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3 SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 23-29

  Ainsworth, Barbara E ^a   Wilcox, Sara ^a   Thompson, Winifred W ^a   Richter, Donna L ^a   Henderson, Karla A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (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; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MARRIAGE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141652013     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(03)00161-2     Document Type: Article

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