Association Between Weather and Physical Activity in Baltimore Teens

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 138-151

  O'Neill, Allison H ^a   Lee, Sunmin ^a   Yan, Alice ^b   Voorhees, Carolyn C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

accelerometry; adolescents; physical activity; weather

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADOLESCENCE; AIR QUALITY; DIURNAL VARIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871487703     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916511415517     Document Type: Article

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