PRIDE for PLAY: Personal responsibility in daily effort for participation in lifelong activity for youths. A Singaporean context

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 374-379

  Chia, Michael ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Children; Daily play; Physical activity; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548433998     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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