Socio-demographic and leisure activity determinants of physical activity of working warsaw residents aged 60 to 69 years

Journal of Human Kinetics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 173-181

  Biernat, Elzbieta ^a   Tomaszewski, Paweł ^b  

^a WARSAW SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Poland)

^b JÓZEF PI SUDSKI UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

BMI; elderly; environmental factors; IPAQ; leisure activity; physical activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84555202395     PISSN: 16405544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10078-011-0085-y     Document Type: Article

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