Television viewing and pedometer-determined physical activity among multiethnic residents of low-income housing

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1681-1685

  Bennett, Gary G ^a,b   Wolin, Kathleen Y ^c   Viswanath, K ^a,b   Askew, Sandy ^b   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)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POVERTY; TELEVISION; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

EID: 33748041649     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.080580     Document Type: Article

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