Variability of Spanish adolescents' physical activity patterns by seasonality, day of the week and demographic factors

European Journal of Sport Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 163-171

  Peiró Velert, Carmen ^a   Devís Devís, Jose ^a   Beltrán Carrillo, Vicente ^b   Fox, Kenneth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b Generalitat Valenciana UVEG ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy expenditure; Season; Weekday; Weekend; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049098237     PISSN: 17461391     EISSN: 15367290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17461390802020868     Document Type: Article

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