Correlation between pedometer and the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire on physical activity measurement in office workers

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sitthipornvorakul, Ekalak ^a   Janwantanakul, Prawit ^a   Van Der Beek, Allard J ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; THAILAND;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; THAILAND;

EID: 84901062101     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-280     Document Type: Article

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