Day-to-day and seasonal variability of physical activity during school recess

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 372-374

  Ridgers, Nicola D ^a   Stratton, Gareth ^a   Clark, Emily ^a   Fairclough, Stuart J ^a   Richardson, David J ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Physical activity variability; Recess; Schools; Seasons

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONITORING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; UNITED KINGDOM; WINTER;

CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; SCHOOLS; SEASONS;

EID: 33646577241     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.01.017     Document Type: Article

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