Daily physical activity related to aerobic fitness and body fat in an urban sample of children

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 728-735

  Dencker, M ^a   Thorsson, O ^a   Karlsson, M K ^a   Linden C ^a   Wollmer, P ^a   Andersen, L B ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Aerobic fitness; Body fat; Children; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 56849115383     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2007.00741.x     Document Type: Article

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