Physical activity participation among Caribbean Hispanic women living in New York: Relation to education, income, and age

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-193

  Giardina, Elsa Grace V ^a,c   Laudano, Melissa ^a   Hurstak, Emily ^a   Saroff, Alan ^a   Fleck, Elaine ^a   Sciacca, Robert ^a   Boden Albala, Bernadette ^a   Cassetta, Julia ^b  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; LANGUAGE; LEISURE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WALKING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARIBBEAN REGION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEW YORK CITY; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59349087238     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2008.0946     Document Type: Article

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