Physical activity advice in the primary care setting: Results of a population study in New Zealand

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 262-267

  Croteau, Karen ^a   Schofield, Grant ^b   McLean, Grant ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c Sport and Recreation ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAORI; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SITTING; AGE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RACE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEW ZEALAND; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33747093452     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2006.tb00868.x     Document Type: Article

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