Sports participation during adolescence: A shift from environmental to genetic factors

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 563-570

  Stubbe, Janine H ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a   De Geus, Eco J C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Determinants; Exercise behavior; Heritability; Physical activity; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEISURE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SPORT; TWIN ZYGOSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SPORTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 16444387533     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000158181.75442.8B     Document Type: Article

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