The opportunity cost of exercise: Do higher-earning Australians exercise longer, harder, or both?

Health Policy

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-194

  Maruyama, Shiko ^a   Yin, Qing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Exercise; Health investment; Health promotion; Opportunity cost

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCOME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUSTRALIA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PHYSICAL EXERTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862144286     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.03.013     Document Type: Article

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