A multilevel examination of exercise intention and behavior during pregnancy

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2555-2561

  Hausenblas, Heather ^a   Downs, Danielle Symons ^b   Giacobbi, Peter ^a   Tuccitto, Danny ^a   Cook, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Physical activity; Postpartum; Pregnancy; Theory of planned behavior (TPB); USA

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GAINESVILLE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43249099312     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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