Reliability and validity of a physical activity scale among urban pregnant women in Eastern China

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages NP1208-NP1216

  Jiang, Hong ^a,b   He, Gengsheng ^a,b   Li, Mu ^c   Fan, Yanyan ^d   Jiang, Hongyi ^d   Bauman, Adrian ^c   Qian, Xu ^a,b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Nanjing Medical University   (China)

Author keywords

activity assessment; diary; metabolic equivalent (MET); pedometer; physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; URBAN POPULATION; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926393687     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: 19412479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539512443697     Document Type: Article

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