Quantity, type, and correlates of physical activity among American middle eastern university students

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 412-423

  Kahan, David ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabs; Cultural studies; Epidemiology; Health behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENERGY METABOLISM; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; ISLAM; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350158552     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2009.10599579     Document Type: Article

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