Policies and opportunities for physical activity in middle school environments

Journal of School Health

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-47

  Young, Deborah R ^a   Felton, Gwen M ^b   Grieser, Mira ^c   Elder, John P ^d   Johnson, Carolyn ^e   Lee, Jung Sun ^f   Kubik, Martha Y ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f IL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Middle schools; Physical activity; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLICY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPORTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845911218     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2007.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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