Validity and reliability of single-item questions about physical activity

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 211-218

  Iwai, Nobuo ^a   Hisamichi, Shigeru ^a   Hayakawa, Norihiko ^a   Inaba, Yutaka ^a   Nagaoka, Tadashi ^a   Sugimori, Hiroki ^a   Seki, Nao ^a   Sakata, Kiyomi ^a   Suzuki, Koji ^a   Tamakoshi, Akiko ^a   Nakamura, Yosikazu ^a   Yamamoto, Akio ^a   Nishino, Yoshikazu ^a   Ogihara, Atsushi ^a   Okamoto, Naoyuki ^a   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^a   Morioka, Seiji ^a   Ito, Yoshinori ^a   Wakai, Kenji ^a   Ojima, Toshiyuki ^a   Tanaka, Heizo ^a   Nose, Takayuki ^a   Ohno, Yoshiyuki ^a   more..

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SPORT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPORTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34247531922     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.11.211     Document Type: Article

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