Active transportation and acculturation among Latino children in San Diego County

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 313-318

  Martinez, Suzanna M ^a,b   Ayala, Guadalupe X ^a,b   Arredondo, Elva M ^a,b   Finch, Brian ^a,b   Elder, John ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Health behavior; Latino children; Walking to school

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRIVING ABILITY; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; FEMALE; FOREIGN STUDENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; KINDERGARTEN; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51249118518     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.01.018     Document Type: Article

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