Determinants of university students physical exercise: A study from Lebanon

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 208-213

  Musharrafieh, Umayya ^a,c   Tamim, Hani M ^b   Rahi, Amal C ^a   El Hajj, Maria Atoui ^a   Al Sahab, Ban ^a   El Asmar, Khalil ^a   Tamim, Hala M ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c University of Montreal Research Center ^*  (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Lebanon; Physical exercise; Predictors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEBANON; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIGRATION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; WEIGHT CONTROL;

EID: 50649103718     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-008-7037-x     Document Type: Article

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