Environmental and safety barriers to youth physical activity in neighborhood parks and streets: reliability and validity

Pediatric Exercise Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 86-99

  Durant, Nefertiti ^a   Kerr, Jacqueline ^b   Harris, Sion Kim ^c   Saelens, Brian E ^d   Norman, Gregory J ^e   Sallis, James F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; JUVENILE; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 63849191246     PISSN: 08998493     EISSN: 15432920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/pes.21.1.86     Document Type: Article

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