Measuring physical activity-related environmental factors: Reliability and predictive validity of the European environmental questionnaire ALPHA

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Spittaels, Heleen ^a   Verloigne, Maïté ^a   Gidlow, Christopher ^b   Gloanec, Julien ^c,d   Titze, Sylvia ^e   Foster, Charlie ^f   Oppert, Jean Michel ^c,d   Rutter, Harry ^g   Oja, Pekka ^h   Sjöström, Michael ⁱ   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g National Obesity Observatory   (United Kingdom)

^h UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

ⁱ KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; ALPHA QUESTIONNAIRE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING;

EID: 77952597891     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-7-48     Document Type: Article

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