Physical activity in Latino adolescents: Understanding influences on activity intentions

Hispanic Healthcare International

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 125-130

  Eakin, Brenda L ^a,c   Villarruel, Antonia M ^a   Jemmott III, John B ^b   Jemmott, Loretta S ^b   Ronis, David L ^a   Bigelow, April ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Latino; Physical activity; Puerto Rican

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 33646695420     PISSN: 15404153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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