Differences in the correlates of physical activity between urban and rural Canadian youth

Journal of School Health

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 164-170

  Loucaides, Constantinos A ^a   Plotnikoff, Ronald C ^a   Bercovitz, Kim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Exercise; Physical activity; Urban rural

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33947595772     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2007.00187.x     Document Type: Article

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