Relationships between accelerometer-assessed physical activity and health in children: Impact of the activity-intensity classification method

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 136-143

  Stone, Michelle R ^a   Rowlands, Ann V ^a   Eston, Roger G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ActiGraph; Activity guidelines; MVPA; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

EID: 63449141240     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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