Physical activity attitudes of African American and white adolescent girls

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 312-316

  Mabry, Iris R ^a   Young, Deborah R ^b   Cooper, Lisa A ^c   Meyers, Todd ^d   Joffe, Alain ^c   Duggan, Anne K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; African Americans; Female; Focus groups; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MASCULINITY; NEGRO; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0346900702     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/1539-4409(2003)003<0312:PAAOAA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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