Physical activity among children and adolescents in a rural community in Mozambique: effects of age, sex, and nutritional status;Atividade física em crianças e jovens residentes em uma comunidade rural moçambicana: Efeitos da idade, sexo e estado nutricional

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 171-178

  Nhantumbo, Leonardo ^a,b   Maia, José ^c   Saranga, Sílvio ^a   Prista, António ^a  

^a Universidade Pedagogica   (Mozambique)

^b Desporto e de Educação Física ^*  (Mozambique)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Motor activity; Mozambique; Nutritional status; Rural health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; AGE; CHILD HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RURAL AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS;

AFRICA; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 44849136324     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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