Pedometer-determined physical activity among multiethnic low-income housing residents

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 768-773

  Bennett, Gary G ^a,b,e   Wolin, Kathleen Y ^c   Puleo, Elaine ^d   Emmons, Karen M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Minority; Pedometers; Race ethnicity; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER PREVENTION; COLON CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENDER; HOUSING; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

ADULT; AGED; BOSTON; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY; PUBLIC HOUSING; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33645995097     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000210200.87328.3f     Document Type: Article

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