Effect of shared environmental factors on exercise behavior from age 7 to 12 years

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2025-2032

  Huppertz, Charlotte ^a,b   Bartels, Meike ^a,b   Van Beijsterveldt, Catherina E M ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a,b   Hudziak, James J ^a,c   De Geus, Eco J C ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

childhood; genes; heritability; physical activity; tracking; Twin design

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TWINS;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84866543767     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31825d358e     Document Type: Article

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