Prevalence of leisure-time physical activity in Taiwanese adults: Results of four national surveys, 2000-2004

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 454-457

  Ku, Po Wen ^a,b   Fox, Kenneth R ^c   McKenna, Jim ^d   Peng, Tai Lin ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^b National Council on Physical Fitness and Sports   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian; Cross sectional survey; Exercise; National survey; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LEISURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA COLLECTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SEX FACTORS; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547806254     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.04.011     Document Type: Article

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