Kids in the city study: Research design and methodology

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Oliver, Melody ^a   Witten, Karen ^b   Kearns, Robin A ^c   Mavoa, Suzanne ^b   Badland, Hannah M ^a,d   Carroll, Penelope ^b   Drumheller, Chelsea ^a   Tavae, Nicola ^b   Asiasiga, Lanuola ^b   Jelley, Su ^b   Kaiwai, Hector ^b   Opit, Simon ^c   Lin, En Yi Judy ^b   Sweetsur, Paul ^b   Barnes, Helen Moewaka ^b   Mason, Nic ^a   Ergler, Christina ^c  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

ACTIGRAPHY; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

EID: 79960599344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-587     Document Type: Article

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