Sedentary behavior: What's in a definition?

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Yates, Thomas ^a   Wilmot, Emma G ^a   Davies, Melanie J ^a   Gorely, Trish ^b   Edwardson, Charlotte ^b   Biddle, Stuart ^b   Khunti, Kamlesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LETTER; MANUAL LABOR; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TELEVISION VIEWING;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RESEARCH; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 79955803694     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2011.02.017     Document Type: Letter

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