Leisure time exercise and personal circumstances in the working age population: Longitudinal analysis of the British household panel survey

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 270-274

  Popham, Frank ^a   Mitchell, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LIFESTYLE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKER; WORKING TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33344460088     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.041194     Document Type: Review

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