Educational differences in estimated and measured physical fitness

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 998-1002

  Valkeinen, Heli ^a   Harald, Kennet ^a   Borodulin, Katja ^a   Mäkinen, Tomi E ^a   Heliövaara, Markku ^a   Leino Arjas, Päivi ^b   Sainio, Päivi ^a   Kestilä, Laura ^a   Kunst, Anton ^c   Rahkonen, Ossi ^d   Tammelin, Tuija ^e   Härkänen, Tommi ^a   Prättälä, Ritva ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e LIKES Research Center for Sports and Health Sciences   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FITNESS; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 84890473158     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckt049     Document Type: Article

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