Seasonal differences in physical activity and sedentary patterns: The relevance of the PA context

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-72

  Silva, Pedro ^a   Santos, Rute ^a   Welk, Gregory ^b   Mota, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Physical activity context; Season

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952479277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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