Objectively measured physical activity in the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2369-2375

  Reichert, Felipe Fossati ^a   Hallal, Pedro Curi ^a   Wells, Jonathan C K ^b   Horta, Bernardo Lessa ^a   Ekelund, Ulf ^c,d   Menezes, Ana Maria Baptista ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF METABOLIC SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^d NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accelerometers; Brazil; Epidemiology; Health; Physical activity assessment; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EQUIPMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

EID: 84870066179     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182687d35     Document Type: Article

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