Development of the European Health Interview Survey - Physical Activity Questionnaire (EHIS-PAQ) to monitor physical activity in the European Union

Archives of Public Health

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Finger, Jonas D ^a   Tafforeau, Jean ^b   Gisle, Lydia ^b   Oja, Leila ^c   Ziese, Thomas ^a   Thelen, Juergen ^a   Mensink, Gert B M ^a   Lange, Cornelia ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Europe; European health interview survey; Physical activity monitoring

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; DATA BASE; ESTONIA; EUROPEAN UNION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW;

EID: 84949257290     PISSN: 07787367     EISSN: 20493258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13690-015-0110-z     Document Type: Article

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