Ethnic, socioeconomic, and sex differences in physical activity among adolescents

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-134

  Sallis, James F ^a,b   Zakarian, Joy M ^a   Hovell, Melbourne F ^a   Hofstetter, C Richard ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral epidemiology; Exercise; Gender; Health promotion; Minority groups; Physical education

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029863454     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(95)00514-5     Document Type: Article

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