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

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3 SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 30-37

  Sanderson, Bonnie K ^a,b   Foushee, H Russell ^b,c   Bittner, Vera ^a,b   Cornell, Carol E ^b   Stalker, Verana ^b,c   Shelton, Stacie ^c   Pulley, LeaVonne ^b,c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RELIGION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141763889     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(03)00162-4     Document Type: Article

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