Development of a four-item physical activity index from information about subsistence living in rural African women: A descriptive, cross-sectional investigation

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 6, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Cook, Ian ^a   Alberts, Marianne ^b   Lambert, Estelle V ^c  

^a Physical Activity Epidemiology Laboratory   (South Africa)

^b University of Cape Town Medical School ^*  (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ACCELEROMETRY; AFRICA; AGE DETERMINATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIET RESTRICTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRICITY; FEMALE; FITNESS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INDEX; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESTING BLOOD PRESSURE; RURAL POPULATION; SITTING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 71149103891     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-6-75     Document Type: Article

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