Physical activity in England: Who is meeting the recommended level of participation through sports and exercise?

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 458-464

  Anokye, Nana Kwame ^a   Pokhrel, Subhash ^a   Buxton, Martin ^a   Fox Rushby, Julia ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CONSUMER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

BODY MASS INDEX; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENGLAND; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPORTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84875124804     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks127     Document Type: Article

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