A methodological model for collecting high-quality data on physical activity in developing settings - The experience of the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort study

Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 360-366

  Reichert, Felipe Fossati ^a   Menezes, Ana Maria Batista ^b   Wells, Jonathan Charles Kingdom ^c   Ekelund, Ulf ^d   Rodrigues, Fabiane Machado ^b   Hallal, Pedro Curi ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MRC EPIDEMIOLOGY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Adolescent; Body composition; Measurement; Motion sensors; Physical activity assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 66649123310     PISSN: 15433080     EISSN: 15435476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jpah.6.3.360     Document Type: Article

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