Methodological issues associated with longitudinal research: Findings from the Leuven Longitudinal Study on Lifestyle, Fitness and Health (1969-2004)

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1011-1024

  Matton, Lynn ^a   Beunen, Gaston ^a   Duvigneaud, Nathalie ^b   Wijndaele, Katrien ^c   Philippaerts, Renaat ^c   Claessens, Albrecht ^a   Vanreusel, Bart ^a   Thomis, Martine ^a   Lefevre, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Design; Longitudinal research; Methodology; Representativeness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BODY COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; SAMPLING; SOCIOECONOMICS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 34447504776     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410600951563     Document Type: Article

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