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International Journal of Community & Family Medicine Volume 2 (2017), Article ID 2:IJCFM-133, 5 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-3498/2017/133
Methodology
Pedometers as an Effective Tool for Measuring Physical Activity in Young Females in Saudi Arabia

Samara Anastasia1*, Sanna Tiziana2, Algasser Doaa3, Alzahrani Mona3 and Aro R Arja1

1Unit for Health Promotion and Research, University of Southern Denmark, Niels Bohrs Vej 9-10, 6700, Esbjerg, Denmark
2Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, School of Hygiene and PreventiveMedicine, University of Bologna, via S. Giacomo 12, 40126, Bologna, Italy
3College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, PrincessNourah Bint Abdulrahman University, PO Box. 84428, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Samara Anastasia, Unit for Health Promotion and Research, University of Southern Denmark, Niels Bohrs Vej 9-10, 6700, Esbjerg, Denmark; E-mail: asamara@health.sdu.dk
30 July 2017; 04 December 2017; 06 December 2017
Anastasia S, Tiziana S, Doaa A, Mona A, Arja AR, et al. (2017) Pedometers as an Effective Tool for Measuring Physical Activity in Young Females in Saudi Arabia. Int J Community Fam Med 2: 133. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-3498/2017/133
© 2017 Anastasia et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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