Racial/ethnic disparity and predictors of leisure-time physical activity among US men

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 40-52

  Ahmed, Nasar U ^a   Smith, Gary L ^a   Flores, Ann M ^a   Pamies, Rubens J ^a   Mason, Hyacinth R C ^a   Woods, Kristy F ^a   Stain, Steven C ^b  

^a VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparity; Leisure time physical activity; Race ethnicity; Socioeconomics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INCOME; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEGRO; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14644403644     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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