Correlates of physical activity and inactivity in urban Mexican youth

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 686-692

  Siegel, Shannon R ^a   Malina, Robert M ^b,c   Peña Reyes, Maria Eugenia ^d   Cárdenas Barahona, Eyra E ^d   Cumming, Sean P ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGÍA E HISTORIA   (Mexico)

^e University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEXICO; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 79961167978     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21197     Document Type: Article

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