Patterns and correlates of physical activity: a cross-sectional study in urban Chinese women.

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Published in BMC Public Health on August 21, 2007

Authors

Adriana L Jurj1, Wanqing Wen, Yu-Tang Gao, Charles E Matthews, Gong Yang, Hong-Lan Li, Wei Zheng, Xiao-Ou Shu

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37203, USA. adriana.jurj@sc.edu

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