Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 8 , Pages 794-800 , August 2008

Relationship between health-related fitness and educational and income levels in Spanish women

  • José M. Saavedra

      Affiliations

    • AFIDES Research Group, Facultad de Ciencias del Deporte, Universidad de Extremadura. Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +34927257460; fax: +34927257461.
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  • Silvia Torres

      Affiliations

    • AFIDES Research Group, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain
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  • Berta Caro

      Affiliations

    • AFIDES Research Group, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain
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  • Yolanda Escalante

      Affiliations

    • AFIDES Research Group, Facultad de Formación del Profesorado, Universidad de Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain
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  • Ernesto De la Cruz

      Affiliations

    • AFIDES Research Group, Facultad de Ciencias del Deporte, Universidad de Extremadura. Spain
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  • María J. Durán

      Affiliations

    • AFIDES Research Group, Escuela Universitaria de Enfermería y Terapia Ocupacional, Universidad de Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain
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  • Ferran A. Rodríguez

      Affiliations

    • Institut Nacional d’Educació Física de Catalunya, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Received 30 November 2006 ,Revised 26 June 2007 ,Accepted 26 July 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.07.017

Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 8 , Pages 794-800 , August 2008

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