Psychosocial correlates of leisure-time walking among Australian adults of lower and higher socio-economic status

Health Education Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 316-324

  Janssen, Eva ^a   Sugiyama, Takemi ^b   Winkler, Elisabeth ^b   De Vries, Hein ^a   Te Poel, Fam ^a   Owen, Neville ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; WALKING;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; WALKING;

EID: 77952911974     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyp012     Document Type: Article

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