Physical activity participation by parental language use in 4th, 8th, and 11th grade students in Texas, USA

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 769-780

  Springer, Andrew E ^a   Lewis, Kayan ^b   Kelder, Steven H ^a   Fernandez, Maria E ^c   Barroso, Cristina S ^d   Hoelscher, Deanna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Adolescents; Children; Physical activity; Spanish language

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; TEXAS;

EID: 79952047220     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-009-9249-4     Document Type: Article

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