Understanding dog owners' increased levels of physical activity: Results from RESIDE

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-69

  Cutt, Hayley ^a   Giles Corti, Billie ^a   Knuiman, Matthew ^a   Timperio, Anna ^b   Bull, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOG; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WALKING; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FAMILY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOGS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; WALKING;

EID: 38449113472     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.103499     Document Type: Article

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