Perceived Neighborhood Environments and physical activity in adolescents

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 834-836

  Mota, Jorge ^a   Almeida, Mariana ^a   Santos, Paula ^a   Ribeiro, José Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Environment; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PORTUGAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 28844489424     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2005.07.012     Document Type: Article

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