Who are the sedentary people in Israel? A public health indicator

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 694-699

  Baron Epel, Orna ^a,b   Haviv, Amalia ^a   Garty, Noga ^a   Tamir, Dov ^a   Green, Manfred S ^a,c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arabs; Israel; Jews; Physical activity; Sedentary lifestyle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; JEW; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION; SELF REPORT; SITTING; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; ARABS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 28244496505     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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