Psycho-social and environmental correlates of location-specifc physical activity among 9- and 15- year-old Norwegian boys and girls: The European Youth Hearth Study

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ommundsen, Yngvar ^a   Klasson Heggebø, Lena ^a   Anderssen, Sigmund A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BOY; COMPETENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIRL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; NORWAY; PARENT; PEER GROUP; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SPORT; TEACHER;

EID: 33749620331     PISSN: 14795868     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-3-32     Document Type: Article

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