Active school playgrounds - Myth or reality? Results of the "move it groove it" project

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 402-408

  Zask, A ^a   Van Beurden, E ^a   Barnett, L ^a   Brooks, L O ^b   Dietrich, U C ^a  

^a Health Promotion Unit   (Australia)

^b Southern Cross Institute of Health Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Child; Evaluation studies; Exercise; Health behavior; Logistic models; Schools

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVALUATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SEX RATIO; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0034755805     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2001.0905     Document Type: Article

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