A national internet survey on midlife women's attitudes toward physical activity

Nursing Research

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 342-352

  Im, Eun Ok ^a   Chang, Sun Ju ^a   Ko, Young ^b   Chee, Wonshik ^a   Stuifbergen, Alexa ^b   Walker, Lorraine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

ethnicity; midlife women; physical activity

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865988807     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e31825da85a     Document Type: Article

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