Day length associates with activity level in children living at 60 degrees north

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 217-226

  Aronen, Eeva T ^a   Fjällberg, Mika ^a   Paavonen, E Juulia ^a   Soininen, Mika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Actigraphy; Activity; Day Length; Rest Activity Rhythm

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLD CLIMATE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DAY LENGTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; REST; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REST;

EID: 0036187304     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017956706208     Document Type: Article

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