Physical activity patterns of inner-city elementary schoolchildren

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 470-474

  Trost, Stewart G ^a   Mccoy, Tara A ^b   Vander Veur, Stephanie S ^b   Mallya, Giridhar ^c   Duffy, Meghan L ^b   Foster, Gary D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

accelerometry; african american; ethnic minority; exercise; hispanic; Youth

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ACTIGRAPHY; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY WEIGHT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84875209959     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318275e40b     Document Type: Article

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