Establishing Validity and Reliability of Physical Activity Assessment Instruments

Epidemiologic Methods in Physical Activity Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Bassett, David R ^a   Fitzhugh, Eugene C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Criteria; Measuring instruments; Physical activity measurement; Survey instruments; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651088024     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195183009.003.0003     Document Type: Chapter

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