Relationships among dog ownership and leisure-time walking in Western Canadian adults

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-136

  Brown, Shane G ^a   Rhodes, Ryan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEISURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DOGS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; WALKING;

EID: 31844437787     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2005.10.007     Document Type: Article

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