Environmental influences on children's physical activity: Quantitative estimates using a twin design

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Fisher, Abigail ^a   van Jaarsveld, Cornelia H M ^a   Llewellyn, Clare H ^a   Wardle, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC REGULATION; HAPPINESS; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PARENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; ENVIRONMENT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TWINS;

CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 77956308255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010110     Document Type: Article

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