American Adults’ Knowledge of Exercise Recommendations

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 231-237

  Morrow, James R ^a   Krzewinski Malone, Jeanette A ^a   Jackson, Allen W ^a   Bungum, Timothy J ^b   Fitzgerald, Shannon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Health promotion; Intervention; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEARNING; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX ROLE; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 12744262143     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2004.10609156     Document Type: Article

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