Physical exercise, sport and television: Cross-sectional analyses among 1368 children attending compulsory school;Esercizio fisico, sport e televisione. Indagine in 1368 bambini della scuola dell'obbligo

Medicina dello Sport

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-14

  Attina D A ^a,b   Catalano, G ^a   Surace, C ^a  

^a Unita Operativa Med dello S   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

children; physical activity; television

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ITALY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPORTS MEDICINE; TELEVISION;

EID: 0031009160     PISSN: 00257826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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