Physical activity among children attending preschools

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1258-1263

  Pate, Russell R ^a,d   Pfeiffer, Karin A ^a   Trost, Stewart G ^b   Ziegler, Paula ^c   Dowda, Marsha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Gerber Products Co   (United States)

^d Devine Street Research Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Child day care centers; Children; Physical activity accelerometer; Preschool

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAUCASIAN; EXERCISE; NEGRO; NURSERY SCHOOL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOLS, NURSERY; SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 16644367359     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2003-1088-L     Document Type: Article

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