Factors associated with women's perceptions of physical activity safety during pregnancy

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 194-199

  Mudd, Lanay M ^a,b   Nechuta, Sarah ^b   Pivarnik, James M ^a,b   Paneth, Nigel ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Ethnicity; Exercise; Perinatal; Prenatal care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NULLIPARA; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SAFETY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PREGNANCY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349265971     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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