Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 56, Issue 12 , Pages 1163-1169 , December 2003

Reproducibility and relative validity of the short questionnaire to assess health-enhancing physical activity

  • G.C.Wanda Wendel-Vos

      Affiliations

    • Department for Chronic Diseases Epidemiology, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    • Division of Human Nutrition and Epidemiology, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 8129, 6700 EV, Wageningen, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31-(0)30-274-3321; fax: +31-(0)30-274-4407.
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  • A.Jantine Schuit

      Affiliations

    • Department for Chronic Diseases Epidemiology, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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  • Wim H.M. Saris

      Affiliations

    • Nutrition and Toxicology Research Institute (NUTRIM), Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD, Masstricht, The Netherlands
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  • Daan Kromhout

      Affiliations

    • Department for Chronic Diseases Epidemiology, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands

,Accepted 15 May 2002.

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PII: S0895-4356(03)00220-8

doi: 10.1016/S0895-4356(03)00220-8

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 56, Issue 12 , Pages 1163-1169 , December 2003

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