School location and gender differences in personal, social, and environmental correlates of physical activity in cypriot middle school children

Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 722-730

  Loucaides, Constantinos A ^a,b  

^a Ministry of Education and Culture Limassol   (Cyprus)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Physical activity; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 73349137581     PISSN: 15433080     EISSN: 15435476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jpah.6.6.722     Document Type: Article

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