Correlates of Habitual Walking and Sports/Leisure-time Physical Activity in Older Persons in Singapore: Interaction Effects between Educational Attainment and Gender

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 801-806

  Wong, Chek Hooi ^a   Wong, S F ^a   Shen, L ^b  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Epidemiology Research Unit   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Educational status; Gender; Sports; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HABIT; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEISURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SELF REPORT; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; SPORT; WALKING;

EID: 1042279577     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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