Race/ethnicity, social class, and leisure-time physical inactivity

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 44-51

  Marshall, Simon J ^a   Jones, Deborah A ^b   Ainsworth, Barbara E ^a   Reis, Jared P ^a   Levy, Susan S ^a   Macera, Caroline A ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Physical activity; Sedentary behavior; Self report; Socioeconomic status; Surveillance surveys

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INCOME; LEISURE; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RACE; SAMPLE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; TELEPHONE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846259082     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000239401.16381.37     Document Type: Article

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