Do alcohol consumers exercise more? findings from a national survey

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-10

  French, Michael T ^a   Popovici, Ioana ^a   Maclean, Johanna Catherine ^b  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Behavioral; Exercise; Health behavior; Health consciousness; Health focus: Fitness physical activity; Lifestyle; Outcome measure: Physical activity; Prevention research. Manuscript format: Research; Research purpose: Modeling relationship testing; Sensation seeking; Setting: State national; Strategy: Skill building behavior change; Study design: Nonexperimental; Target population age: Adult; Target population circumstances: Education income level and race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349776700     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.0801104     Document Type: Review

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