A comparison of beliefs about exercise during pregnancy between Chinese and Australian pregnant women

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Guelfi, Kym J ^a   Wang, Chen ^b   Dimmock, James A ^a   Jackson, Ben ^a   Newnham, John P ^c   Yang, Huixia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Exercise; Physical activity; Pregnancy; Theory of Planned Behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SELF EFFICACY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84951783649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-015-0734-6     Document Type: Article

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