Predictors of improvement in women's physical activity

Women and Health

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 57-75

  Purath, Janet ^a   Miller, Arlene Michaels ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Physical activity; Transtheoretical model; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MINORITY GROUP; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRETEST POSTTEST CONTROL GROUP DESIGN; SELF CONCEPT; SITTING; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF EFFICACY; UNITED STATES; WALKING; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 33745726597     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v42n03_04     Document Type: Article

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