The associations between active lifestyle, the size of a community and SES of the adult population in the Czech Republic

Health and Place

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 447-454

  Frömel, Karel ^a   Mitáš, Josef ^a   Kerr, Jacqueline ^b  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Environment; Health; IPAQ; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; LIFESTYLE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 58049086118     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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