Correlates of physical activity in black, hispanic, and white middle school girls

Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 184-193

  Kelly, Evelyn B ^a   Parra Medina, Deborah ^b   Pfeiffer, Karin A ^c   Dowda, Marsha ^a   Conway, Terry L ^d   Webber, Larry S ^e   Jobe, Jared B ^f   Going, Scott ^g   Pate, Russell R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Black; Hispanic; Race ethnicity analysis; White

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749271437     PISSN: 15433080     EISSN: 15435476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jpah.7.2.184     Document Type: Article

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