Physical activity levels among urban adolescent females

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 279-284

  Saxena, Rahul ^a,b   Borzekowski, Dina L G ^a   Rickert, Vaughn I ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Parkdale Community Health Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent females; Exercise; Urban; Vigorous activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GIRL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SPORT; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEW YORK CITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0036943776     PISSN: 10833188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1083-3188(02)00193-6     Document Type: Article

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