Urban and rural differences in sedentary behavior among American and Canadian youth

Health and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 920-928

  Carson, Valerie ^a   Iannotti, Ronald J ^b   Pickett, William ^a,c   Janssen, Ian ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mediation; Sedentary behavior; Urban rural health; Youth

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH STATUS; METROPOLITAN AREA; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG POPULATION;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEVISION VIEWING; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

CANADA;

EID: 79958042261     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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