Daily walking activity among male office workers in a rural town in Northern Japan

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-46

  Mitsui, Takahiro ^a   Barajima, Tomoko ^b   Kanachi, Michihiko ^c   Shimaoka, Kiyoshi ^d  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Division of Public Health and Social Welfare   (Japan)

^c Hachinohe University   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pedometer; Seasonal change; Tohoku district

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; WALKING; WEATHER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; WALKING; WEATHER;

EID: 77954838975     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa2.29.43     Document Type: Article

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