Educational differences in self-rated physical fitness among Finns

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Pulkkinen, Kaisa R ^a   Mäkinen, Tomi ^a   Valkeinen, Heli ^a   Prättälä, Ritva ^a   Borodulin, Katja ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Health; Physical activity; Physical fitness; Public health; Socioeconomic position

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FITNESS; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84874078856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-163     Document Type: Article

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