Descriptive epidemiology of ambulatory activity in rural, black south africans

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1261-1268

  Cook, Ian ^a   Alberts, Marianne ^a   Brits, Johanna S ^a   Choma, Solomon R ^a   Mkhonto, Sthembiso S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dikgale; Obesity; Pedometer; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX RATIO; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; WALKING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954066405     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181ca787c     Document Type: Article

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