Time trends in physical activity in leisure time in the Danish population from 1987 to 2005

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-128

  Petersen, Christina Bjørk ^a   Thygesen, Lau Caspar ^a   Grønbæk, Morten ^a   Tolstrup, Janne Schurmann ^a   Helge, Jørn Wulff ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Age period cohort model; Denmark; physical activity; socioeconomic position; time trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949330984     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494809357098     Document Type: Article

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