Smoking and physical activity interrelations in health science students. Is smoking associated with physical inactivity in young adults?

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-25

  Papathanasiou, George ^a   Papandreou, Maria ^a   Galanos, Antonis ^b   Kortianou, Eleni ^c   Tsepis, Elias ^c   Kalfakakou, Vasiliki ^d   Evangelou, Angelos ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c Physical Therapy Department   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Physical activity; Physical inactivity; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; GREECE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SMOKING;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SMOKING; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856281977     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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