Urban-rural contrasts in the physical fitness of school children in Oaxaca, Mexico

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 800-813

  Peña Reyes, Maria Eugenia ^a   Tan, Swee Kheng ^b   Malina, Robert M ^c,d,e  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGÍA E HISTORIA   (Mexico)

^b Defence Medical Research Institute   (Singapore)

^c TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FACSM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEXICO; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SCHOOL; SITTING; STANDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEXICO; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; URBAN POPULATION;

COLONIA;

EID: 18344408343     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.10218     Document Type: Article

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