Is the leisure-time physical activity of Asian Indian Guadeloupean adolescents different from that of their island counterparts?

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 303-314

  Sinnapah, Stephane ^a   Antoine Jonville, Sophie ^a   Hue, Olivier ^a  

^a Laboratoire ACTES   (Guadeloupe)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Asian Indians; Ethnicity; Leisure time physical activity; Modifiable activity questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GUADELOUPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; INDIA; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); LEISURE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GUADELOUPE; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; FEMALE; GUADELOUPE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 69249205537     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850802509214     Document Type: Article

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