Physical activities and sedentary pursuits in african american and caucasian girls

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 352-360

  Dowda, Marsha ^a   Pate, Russell R ^a   Felton, Gwen M ^a   Saunders, Ruth ^a   Ward, Dianne S ^b   Dishman, Rod K ^c   Trost, Stewart G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Leisure activity; Race; Sports

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; BASKETBALL; BICYCLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANCING; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOGGING; MACHINE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; RATING SCALE; RUNNING; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT; SWIMMING; WALKING;

EID: 12744272378     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2004.10609168     Document Type: Article

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