Is active travel to non-school destinations associated with physical activity in primary school children?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 224-228

  Smith, Lee ^a,b   Sahlqvist, Shannon ^a,b   Ogilvie, David ^a,b   Jones, Andrew ^c   Griffin, Simon J ^a,b   van Sluijs, Esther ^a,b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active travel; Physical activity; School children; Transport

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; CYCLING; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUMMER; TRAVEL; WALKING;

CHILD; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SCHOOLS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84863393883     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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