The prevalence and correlates of physical inactivity among adults in Ho Chi Minh City

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Trinh, Oanh T H ^a   Nguyen, Nguyen D ^a   Dibley, Michael J ^b   Phongsavan, Philayrath ^b   Bauman, Adrian E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY AT HO CHI MINH CITY   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIET NAM;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIETNAM;

EID: 46249086780     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-204     Document Type: Article

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