Correlates of physical activity in Morocco

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 355-357

  Najdi, Adil ^a   El Achhab, Youness ^a   Nejjari, Chakib ^a   Norat, Teresa ^b   Zidouh, Ahmed ^c   El Rhazi, Karima ^a  

^a SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Association Lalla Salma de Lutte Contre le Cancer   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Adults; Determinants; Morocco; Physical Activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOROCCO; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN AREA; WORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954570763     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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