Lifestyle physical activity among urban Palestinians and Israelis: A cross-sectional comparison in the Palestinian-Israeli Jerusalem risk factor study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Merom, Dafna ^a   Sinnreich, Ronit ^b   Aboudi, Vartohi ^c,d   Kark, Jeremy D ^b   Nassar, Hisham ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c St Joseph's Hospital   (Israel)

^d HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARABS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84859023515     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-90     Document Type: Article

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