Barriers to leisure-time physical activity in Asian Indian men

Public Health

Volumn 128, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 749-751

  Singhal, N ^a   Siddhu, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIAN; LEISURE; LEISURE TIME PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; URBAN POPULATION;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84910107199     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2014.05.014     Document Type: Article

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