Objectively measured habitual physical activity in 1997/1998 vs 2003/2004 in Danish children: The European Youth Heart Study

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-29

  Moller N C ^a   Kristensen, P L ^a   Wedderkopp, N ^a,b   Andersen, L B ^a,c   Froberg, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Back Research Center   (Denmark)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Activity behavior; Child; Epidemiology; Socioeconomic status; Trends

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 59149085521     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2008.00774.x     Document Type: Article

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