The association of state law to physical education time allocation in US public schools

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1594-1599

  Perna, Frank M ^a   Oh, April ^b   Chriqui, Jamie F ^c   Masse, Louise C ^d   Atienza, Audie A ^a   Nebeling, Linda ^a   Agurs Collins, Tanya ^a   Moser, Richard P ^a   Dodd, Kevin W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; SCHOOL; TIME; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; SCHOOLS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864342604     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300587     Document Type: Review

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