Sociocultural determinants of physical activity among children

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 305-312

  Lindquist, Christine H ^a   Reynolds, Kim D ^a   Goran, Michael I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Exercise; Physical activity; Physical fitness; Television

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032887920     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1999.0546     Document Type: Article

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