Socio-demographic correlates of physical activity and physical fitness in German children and adolescents

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 880-884

  Lämmle, Lena ^a   Worth, Annette ^b   Bös, Klaus ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd   (Germany)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84870565059     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr191     Document Type: Article

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