Measuring children's independent mobility: Comparing objective and self-report approaches

Children's Geographies

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 263-271

  Badland, Hannah M ^a   Oliver, Melody ^a   Duncan, Mitch J ^b   Schantzc, Peter ^c,d  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SWEDISH SCHOOL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 79957571599     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733285.2011.562386     Document Type: Article

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