Is participation in occupational physical activity associated with lifestyle physical activity levels?

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1143-1148

  Kruger, Judy ^a   Yore, Michelle M ^a   Ainsworth, Barbara E ^b   Macera, Caroline A ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SITTING; STANDING; WALKING; WORK CAPACITY; WORKING TIME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EXERTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750954955     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000245919.37147.79     Document Type: Article

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