Validity of a physical activity questionnaire in Shanghai

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2222-2230

  Peters, Tricia M ^a   Shu, Xiao Ou ^b   Moore, Steven C ^a   Xiang, Yong Bing ^c   Yang, Gong ^b   Ekelund, Ulf ^a   Liu, Da Ke ^c   Tan, Yu Ting ^c   Ji, Bu Tian ^a   Schatzkin, Arthur S ^a   Zheng, Wei ^b   Chow, Wong Ho ^a   Matthews, Charles E ^a   Leitzmann, Michael F ^d  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

China; motor activity; reproducibility of results; self report methods

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; CHINA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 78650416735     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181e1fcd5     Document Type: Article

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