Surveillance of physical activity in the UK is flawed: Validation of the Health Survey for England Physical Activity Questionnaire

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1054-1058

  Basterfield, L ^a   Adamson, A J ^a,c   Parkinson, K N ^a   Maute, U ^b   Li, P X ^b   Reilly, John J ^b,c   Dale, Anne ^c   Drewett, Robert ^c   Le Couteur, Ann ^c   McArdle, Paul ^c   Parkinson, Kathryn ^c   Pearce, Mark ^c   Wright, Charlotte ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 57149119968     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.135905     Document Type: Article

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