Parental safety concerns - A barrier to sport and physical activity in children?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 482-486

  Boufous, Soufiane ^a   Finch, Caroline ^a   Bauman, Adrian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PARENTHOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WELLBEING; CLINICAL TRIAL; INJURY; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARENTS; RECREATION; SAFETY; SPORTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 14544267220     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842x.2004.tb00032.x     Document Type: Article

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