Association between levels of physical activity and poor self-rated health in Korean adults: The Third Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES), 2005

Public Health

Volumn 123, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 665-669

  Han, M A ^a,b   Kim, K S ^b   Park, J ^b   Kang, M G ^b   Ryu, S Y ^b  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^b Chosun University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adult; Chronic disease; Cross sectional studies; Exercise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS; TESTING METHOD;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; SOUTH KOREA;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KOREA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

EID: 70449518019     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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