Physical activity of 9 and 15 year old icelandic children - Public health objectives and relations of physical activity to gender, age, anthropometry and area of living;Líkamshreyfing 9 og 15 ára íslenskra barnaíljósi lýoheilsumarkmioa

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Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 75-81

  Magnússon, KristjÁn Pór ^a   Arngrímsson, Sigurbjörn Árni ^a   Sveinsson, Pórarinn ^b   Erlingur, Jóhannsson ^a  

^a MenntavíSindasvioI   (Iceland)

^b Menntavísindasvioi   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Accelerometers; Body composition; Children; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ICELAND; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TIME;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952399951     PISSN: 00237213     EISSN: 16704959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17992/lbl.2011.02.347     Document Type: Article

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