Examining influences on boy's and girls' physical activity patterns: The a-CLASS project

Pediatric Exercise Science

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 638-650

  Ridgers, Nicola D ^a   Graves, Lee E F ^a   Foweather, Lawrence ^a   Stratton, Gareth ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF DISCLOSURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 78650354150     PISSN: 08998493     EISSN: 15432920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/pes.22.4.638     Document Type: Article

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