Physical activity behaviors of students of a rural historically black college

Journal of American College Health

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 327-334

  Kemper, Karen A ^a   Welsh, Ralph S ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; College student; Pedometer; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77149174529     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07448480903501772     Document Type: Article

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