Comparison of surveys used to measure physical activity

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 128-134

  Brown, Wendy ^a   Bauman, Adrian ^b   Chey, Tien ^b   Trost, Stewart ^a   Mummery, Kerry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; TELEPHONE;

EID: 1942467416     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2004.tb00925.x     Document Type: Article

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