Walking behaviours from the 1965-2003 American Heritage Time Use Study (AHTUS)

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Tudor Locke, Catrine ^a   van der Ploeg, Hidde P ^b   Bowles, Heather R ^b   Bittman, Michael ^c   Fisher, Kimberly ^d   Merom, Dafna ^b   Gershuny, Jonathan ^d   Bauman, Adrian ^b   Egerton, Muriel ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOG; EXERCISE; EXPERT SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPORT; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

EID: 36849043726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-4-45     Document Type: Article

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