Physical activity patterns by campus housing status among African American female college students

Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 548-560

  Ajibade, Phoebe Butler ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black females; college students; environment; physical activity

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH CENTER; HEART DISEASE; HISTORY; HOUSING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS CENTERS; HEART DISEASES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HOUSING; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RECREATION; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 79955092034     PISSN: 00219347     EISSN: 15524566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021934710385116     Document Type: Article

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