Personal and environmental factors associated with physical inactivity among different racial-ethnic groups of U.S. middle-aged and older-aged women.

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Published in Health Psychol on July 01, 2000

Authors

A C King1, C Castro, S Wilcox, A A Eyler, J F Sallis, R C Brownson

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94304-1583, USA. aking@scrdp.stanford.edu

Associated clinical trials:

A Physical Activity Intervention to Promote Cognitive Health, Cardiovascular Health and Sleep in Older Latinos | NCT05030948

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