Seasonal and daily variation in physical activity among three-year-old Finnish preschool children

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 589-601

  Soini, Anne ^a   Tammelin, Tuija ^b   Sääkslahti, Arja ^a   Watt, Anthony ^c   Villberg, Jari ^a   Kettunen, Tarja ^a   Mehtälä, Anette ^a   Poskiparta, Marita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b LIKES RESEARCH CENTER FOR SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Finland)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

accelerometer; childcare; early childhood; physical activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891746240     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2013.804070     Document Type: Article

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