Physical activity of Croatian population: Cross-sectional study using International physical activity Questionnaire

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-173

  Jurakić, Danijel ^a   Pedišić, Željko ^a   Andrijašević, Mirna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNATIONAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE; LEISURE; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAFFIC; WORK; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS INDEX; CROATIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651064560     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2009.50.165     Document Type: Article

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