A single question reliably identifies physically inactive women in primary care

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1268, 2008, Pages

  Rose, Sally B ^a   Elley, C Raina ^b   Lawton, Beverley A ^a   Dowell, Anthony C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; VALIDATION STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 39549105184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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