Relationships Between Youth Sport Participation and Selected Health Risk Behaviors From 1999 to 2007

Journal of School Health

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 399-410

  Taliaferro, Lindsay A ^a   Rienzo, Barbara A ^b   Donovan, Kristine A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child and adolescent health; Physical fitness and sport; Risk behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; RACE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPORT; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANCESTRY GROUP; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPORTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77955201498     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2010.00520.x     Document Type: Article

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