Descriptive epidemiology of pedometer-determined physical activity

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1567-1573

  Tudor Locke, Catrine ^a   Ham, Sandra A ^b   Macera, Caroline A ^c   Ainsworth, Barbara E ^c,d   Kirtland, Karen A ^d   Reis, Jared P ^c   Kimsey Jr , C Dexter ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Surveillance; Survey; Variability; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOBILIZATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDOMETER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RACE; SELF MONITORING; SPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; WALKING; WORK; WORKING TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH CAROLINA; WALKING;

EID: 4444222151     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000139806.53824.2E     Document Type: Article

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