Age, gender, and urban-rural differences in the correlates of physical activity

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1115-1125

  Plotnikoff, Ronald C ^a   Mayhew, Alain ^b   Birkett, Nicholas ^c   Loucaides, Constantinos A ^a   Fodor, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age differences; Correlates physical activity gender; Urban or rural

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZATION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CANADA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 7944222627     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.04.024     Document Type: Article

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