A cross-cultural study of adolescents' physical activity levels in France and Spain

European Journal of Sport Science

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 551-558

  Aibar, Alberto ^a,b   Bois, Julien E ^b   Generelo, Eduardo ^a   Zaragoza Casterad, Javier ^a   Paillard, Thierry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; adolescence; meeting of guidelines; physical activity measurement

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPAIN;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPAIN;

EID: 84888007661     PISSN: 17461391     EISSN: 15367290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17461391.2012.746733     Document Type: Article

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