Daily patterns of physical activity among Canadians

Health Reports

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1-7

  Garriguet, Didier ^a   Colley, Rachel C ^b  

^a STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Actical; Activity monitor; Body mass index; Body weight; Exercise

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865552007     PISSN: 08406529     EISSN: 12091367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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