A community-school district-university partnership for assessing physical activity of tweens

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  McDermott, Robert J ^a   Nickelson, Jen ^b   Baldwin, Julie A ^b   Bryant, Carol A ^b   Alfonso, Moya ^b   Phillips, Leah M ^b   De Bate, Rita D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS;

EID: 59149098582     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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