Whole-day and segmented-day physical activity variability of northwest England school children

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 421-425

  Fairclough, Stuart J ^a   Butcher, Zoe H ^a   Stratton, Gareth ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Boys; Girls; MVPA; Segmented day; Sex specific variability; Weekday

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; WALKING;

EID: 34247621150     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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