Relations among physical activity, physical fitness, and self-perceived fitness in Hong Kong adolescents

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 96, Issue 3 I, 2003, Pages 787-797

  Chan, Eddie W C ^a   Au, Eva Y M ^a   Chan, Billy H T ^a   Kwan, May K M ^a   Yiu, Perry Y P ^a   Yeung, Ella W ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEART RATE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0141798844     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2003.96.3.787     Document Type: Article

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