Physical activity levels in elementary-school physical education: A comparison of swimming and nonswimming classes

Journal of Teaching in Physical Education

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 252-263

  Cardon, Greet ^a   Verstraete, Stefanie ^a   De Clercq, Dirk ^a   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Direct observation; Health promotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543002872     PISSN: 02735024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jtpe.23.3.252     Document Type: Article

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