Prevalence and risk factors for sedentary behavior among Malaysian adults

Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 147-155

  Jamil, Ahmad Taufik ^a   Rosli, Norazman Mohd ^a   Ismail, Aniza ^a   Idris, Idayu Badilla ^a   Omar, Azahadi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Institute of Malaysia   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Malaysia; National health and morbidity survey; Prevalence; Sedentary lifestyle; Sitting time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981268357     PISSN: 16750306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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