Trajectories of objectively-measured physical activity and sedentary time over the course of pregnancy in women self-identified as inactive

Preventive Medicine Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2016, Pages 353-360

  Huberty, Jennifer L ^a   Buman, Matthew P ^a   Leiferman, Jenn A ^b   Bushar, Jessica ^c   Adams, Marc A ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c ZERO TO THREE   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Health behaviors; Measurement; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973130758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22113355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2016.04.004     Document Type: Article

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