High levels of physical inactivity and sedentary behaviors among US immigrant children and adolescents

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 756-763

  Singh, Gopal K ^a   Yu, Stella M ^a   Siahpush, Mohammad ^b   Kogan, Michael D ^a  

^a HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SITTING; SPORT; TELEPHONE; TELEVISION VIEWING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49249094518     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.162.8.756     Document Type: Article

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