Empirical validation of an instrument to measure habitual physical activity in youth from Maputo, Mozambique

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 437-446

  Prista, A ^a,c   Marques, A T ^b   Maia, J A R ^b  

^a Universidade Pedagógica Campus de Lhanguene   (Mozambique)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c Faculdade de Ciências da Educação Física e Desporto   (Mozambique)

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