Environmental determinants of outdoor play in children: A large-scale cross-sectional study

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 212-219

  Aarts, Marie Jeanne ^a,b   Wendel Vos, Wanda ^b   Van Oers, Hans A M ^a,b,c   Van De Goor, Ien A M ^a   Schuit, Albertine J ^b,d  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PARENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLAY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 77955885391     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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