Socio-demographic patterning of physical activity across migrant groups in India: Results from the indian migration study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Sullivan, Ruth ^a   Kinra, Sanjay ^a   Ekelund, Ulf ^b   Bharathi, A V ^c   Vaz, Mario ^d   Kurpad, Anura ^d   Collier, Tim ^a   Reddy, Kolli ^e   Prabhakaran, Dorairaj ^f   Ben Shlomo, Yoav ^g   Smith, George Davey ^g   Ebrahim, Shah ^a,e   Kuper, Hannah ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^f CENTRE FOR CHRONIC DISEASE CONTROL   (India)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIA; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP TIME; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEVISION VIEWING; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RURAL POPULATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80054119414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024898     Document Type: Article

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