The association of leisure-time physical activity and active commuting with measures of socioeconomic position in a multiethnic population living in the Netherlands: Results from the cross-sectional SUNSET study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  De Munter, Jeroen S L ^a   Agyemang, Charles ^a   Brewster, Lizzy M ^a   Stronks, Karien ^a   Van Valkengoed, Irene G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

African; Commuting; Ethnic groups; Ethnicity; Health behavior; Indian; Minority health; Physical activity; Social class; Transportation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; SURINAME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ADULT; AFRICA; ASIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SURINAME; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84866479755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-815     Document Type: Article

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