A Comparison of Developmental Coordination Disorder Prevalence Rates in Canadian and Greek Children

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 125-127

  Tsiotra, Georgia D ^a,b   Flouris, Andreas D ^c   Koutedakis, Yiannis ^a,b   Faught, Brent E ^c   Nevill, Alan M ^a   Lane, Andrew M ^a   Skenteris, Nicolaos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiorespiratory fitness; Clinical obesity; Motor deficits

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; FEMALE; FITNESS; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CANADA; CHILD; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33744986251     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.07.011     Document Type: Article

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