Physical activity monitoring in Europe. The European Physical Activity Surveillance System (EUPASS) approach and indicator testing

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 377-384

  Rutten A ^a   Vuillemin, A ^b   Ooijendijk, W T M ^c   Schena, F ^d   Sjostrom M ^e   Stahl, T ^f   Vanden Auweele, Y ^g   Welshman, J ^h   Ziemainz, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d Ctro Interuniv Europeo S S ECUS   (Italy)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^h LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Indicator testing; Monitoring; Physical activity; Public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPEAN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 18844474456     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2002449     Document Type: Article

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