Human development, occupational structure and physical inactivity among 47 low and middle income countries

Preventive Medicine Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2016, Pages 40-45

  Atkinson, Kaitlin ^a,b   Lowe, Samantha ^b   Moore, Spencer ^b,c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic development; Occupation; Physical activity transition; Physical inactivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; INCOME; INDUSTRY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MIDDLE INCOME GROUP; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84949908388     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22113355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.11.009     Document Type: Article

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