Physical fitness in rural children compared with urban children in Turkey

Pediatrics International

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 26-31

  Özdirenç, Mehtap ^a   Özcan, Ayse ^a   Akin, Fatma ^a   Gelecek, Nihal ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Environmental factors; Physical fitness

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOOTBALL; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FUNCTION; HIP; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPORT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; SPORTS; TURKEY; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 14644400457     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2004.02008.x     Document Type: Article

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