Korean women's attitudes toward physical activity

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 4-18

  Im, Eun Ok ^a   Choe, Myoung Ae ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward physical activity; Korean women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; ETHNIC GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; KOREA; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK; SAMPLING; TAPE RECORDER; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ESTHETICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMINISM; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NURSING CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEAUTY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMANS; KOREA; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NURSING CARE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 1442303986     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20000     Document Type: Article

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