Correlates of Physical Activity among African-American and Caucasian Female Adolescents

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-31

  Bungum, Timothy ^a   Pate, Russell ^b   Dowda, Marsha ^b   Vincent, Murray ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0347595460     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.23.1.3     Document Type: Article

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