Sedentary lifestyle among adults in Jordan, 2007

Family Medicine and Community Health

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 4-8

  Sharkas, Ghazi F ^a   Saheb, Tayseer ^a   Arqoub, Kamal ^a   Haddadin, Raja ^a  

^a Ministry of Health Noncommunicable Diseases   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Behavioral risk factors surveillance survey; Jordan; Physical inactivity; Sedentary lifestyle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983487349     PISSN: 23056983     EISSN: 20098774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15212/FMCH.2015.0148     Document Type: Article

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