Physical activity cost of the school run: Impact on schoolchildren of being driven to school (EarlyBird 22)

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7470, 2004, Pages 832-833

  Metcalf, Brad ^a   Voss, Linda ^a   Jeffery, Alison ^a   Perkins, Jenny ^a   Wilkin, Terry ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAR; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING; CAR DRIVING; EXERCISE; HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; URBAN HEALTH; WALKING;

EID: 4944253398     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38169.688102.F71     Document Type: Article

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