Perceived barriers to physical activity among high school students

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 608-615

  Allison, Kenneth R ^a   Dwyer, John J M ^b   Makin, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barriers; Physical activity; Self efficacy students

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032808209     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1999.0489     Document Type: Article

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