Sports participation outside school in total physical activity of children

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 559-562

  Saar, Meeli ^a   Jürimäe, Toivo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ESTONIA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SPORT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; APTITUDE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ESTONIA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SELF CONCEPT; SPORTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 36348988611     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.105.2.559-562     Document Type: Article

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