Public Health
Volume 123, Issue 9 , Pages 592-597 , September 2009

Epidemiology of physical inactivity in Poland: Prevalence and determinants in a former communist country in socioeconomic transition

  • W. Drygas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Medical University of Łódź, Poland
    • Department of Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland
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  • M. Kwaśniewska

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Medical University of Łódź, Poland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Preventive Medicine, Medical University of Łódź, ul. Żeligowskiego 7/9 90-752 Łódź, Poland. Tel.: +48 42 639 32 65; fax: +48 42 639 32 18.
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  • D. Kaleta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Medical University of Łódź, Poland
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  • M. Pikala

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Medical University of Łódź, Poland
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  • W. Bielecki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Medical University of Łódź, Poland
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  • J. Głuszek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hypertension, Vascular and Internal Diseases, Institute of Cardiology, Medical University, Poznań, Poland
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  • T. Zdrojewski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hypertension and Diabetes, Medical University, Gdańsk, Poland
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  • A. Pająk

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Population Research, Institute of Public Health, Collegium Medicum, Kraków, Poland
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  • K. Kozakiewicz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Medical University, Katowice, Poland
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  • G. Broda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland

Received 13 March 2009 ,Revised 30 July 2009 ,Accepted 10 August 2009.

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PII: S0033-3506(09)00226-1

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.08.004

Public Health
Volume 123, Issue 9 , Pages 592-597 , September 2009

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