Assessing physical activity preferences in latino and white preadolescents

Pediatric Exercise Science

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 400-412

  Olvera, Norma ^a   McCarley, Kendall E ^b   Leung, Patrick ^a   McLeod, Jessica ^a   Rodriguez, Augusto X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; BASKETBALL; BICYCLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 71649111892     PISSN: 08998493     EISSN: 15432920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/pes.21.4.400     Document Type: Article

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