Profile of physical activity behaviors among Swedish women aged 56-75 years

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-101

  Orsini, N ^a   Bellocco, R ^a,d   Bottai, M ^b   Hagstromer M ^a   Sjostrom M ^a   Pagano, M ^c   Wolk, A ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accelerometers; Actigraph; Activity patterns; Older women

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

ACCELERATION; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 39449092747     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2006.00624.x     Document Type: Article

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