Levels and correlates of exercise in a border Mexican American population

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 159-169

  Mier, Nelda ^a   Ory, Marcia G ^a   Zhan, Dongling ^b   Wang, Suojin ^b   Burdine, James N ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Border; Mexican Americans; Personal correlates; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247098871     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.31.2.5     Document Type: Article

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