The closer the sportier? Children's sports activity and their distance to sports facilities

European Review of Aging and Physical Activity

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 67-82

  Steinmayr, Andreas ^a   Felfe, Christina ^a   Lechner, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

KiGGS data; Propensity score matching methods; Sports activities of children

Indexed keywords

EID: 82355190107     PISSN: 18137253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11556-011-0090-0     Document Type: Article

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