An observational study of physical activity in parks in asian and pacific islander communities in urban Honolulu, Hawaii, 2009

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Chung Do, Jane J ^a   Davis, Elise ^b   Lee, Stephanie ^b   Jokura, Yuka ^b   Choy, Lehua ^b   Maddock, Jay E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; AGING; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RECREATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AGING; ASIAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HAWAII; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RECREATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84855162220     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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