The prevalence of physical inactivity amongst brazilian university students: Its association with sociodemographic variables;Prevalencia de sedentarismo en universitarios brasileños: Asociación con variables sociodemográficas

Revista de Salud Publica

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 724-733

  Bianchini de Quadros, Teresa M ^a,b   Petroski, Edio L ^a,b   Santos Silva, Diego A ^a,b   Pinheiro Gordia, Alex ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b Centre for Research in Kinanthropometry and Human Performance   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Genera and health; Physical activity; Sedentary; Sociodemographic; Student

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950206674     PISSN: 01240064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0124-00642009000500005     Document Type: Article

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