"physical activity as a luxury": African American women's attitudes toward physical activity

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 317-339

  Im, Eun Ok ^a   Ko, Young ^a   Hwang, Hyenam ^a   Yoo, Kyung Hee ^a   Chee, Wonshik ^a   Stuifbergen, Alexa ^a   Walker, Lorraine ^a   Brown, Adama ^a   McPeek, Chelsea ^a   Chee, Eunice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; attitudes; midlife women; online forum; physical activity

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84857841096     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: 15528456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945911400637     Document Type: Article

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