A Preliminary Evaluation of a Pedometer-Assessed Physical Activity Self-Monitoring Survey

Field Methods

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 422-438

  Tudor Locke, Catrine ^a   Lind, Katherine A ^b   Reis, Jared P ^c   Ainsworth, Barbara E ^c   Macera, Caroline A ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Draughon Research   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

data collection; exercise; health surveys; population surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993723068     PISSN: 1525822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525822X04269171     Document Type: Article

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