Does social capital promote physical activity? A population-based study in Japan.

To examine the association between individual-level social capital and physical activity.In February 2009, data were collected in a population-based cross-sectional survey in Okayama city, Japan. A cluster-sampling approach was used to randomly select 4,000 residents from 20 school districts. A tota...

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Main Authors: Kazumune Ueshima, Takeo Fujiwara, Soshi Takao, Etsuji Suzuki, Toshihide Iwase, Hiroyuki Doi, S V Subramanian, Ichiro Kawachi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-08-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2924608?pdf=render