Physical activity before pregnancy and following childbirth in a multiethnic sample of healthy women in Hawaii

Women and Health

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 95-110

  Albright, Cheryl L ^a   Maddock, Jay E ^b   Nigg, Claudio R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Multiethnic; Physical activity; Postpartum; Women with infants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL WELFARE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ETHNIC GROUPS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAWAII; HUMANS; INFANT; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOTHERS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33745684319     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v42n03_06     Document Type: Article

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