Determinants of physical activity in middle school children

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 95-102

  Trost, Stewart G ^a   Saunders, Ruth ^b   Ward, Dianne S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CONTROL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTIVATION; SOUTH CAROLINA; STUDENTS;

EID: 0036516259     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.26.2.2     Document Type: Article

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