Traditional physical activity indexes derived from the Harvard alumni activity survey have low construct validity in a lower income, urban population

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 722-732

  Rundle, Andrew ^a   Hagins, Marshall ^b   Orjuela, Manuela ^a   Mooney, Laverne ^a   Kim, Marty ^a   Perera, Frederica ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Physical activity; Questionnaires; Socioeconomic status; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34548412503     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-007-9212-4     Document Type: Article

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