Correlates of aerobic fitness in urban and rural Portuguese adolescents

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 479-484

  MacHado Rodrigues, Aristides M ^a,b   Coelho E Silva, Manuel J ^a   Mota, Jorge ^c   Cumming, Sean P ^b   Riddoch, Chris ^b   Malina, Robert M ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

accelerometry; adolescence; aerobic fitness; geographic contexts; Health promotion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORRELATION; FITNESS; GENDER ISSUE; HEALTH EDUCATION; MATERNAL HEALTH; OBESITY; SAMPLING;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTUGAL; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PORTUGAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 79959503625     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2011.554865     Document Type: Article

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