Changes in active travel of school children from 2004 to 2010 in New South Wales, Australia

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 408-410

  Meron, Dafna ^a   Rissel, Chris ^a   Reinten Reynolds, Tracie ^a   Hardy, Louise L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Active travel; Body mass index; Fitness; School students

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAVEL;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHYSICAL FITNESS; STUDENTS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 83155180301     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.09.017     Document Type: Article

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