Children's sedentary activity after hurricane exposure

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 280-289

  Lai, Betty S ^a   La Greca, Annette M ^a   Llabre, Maria M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

children; disaster; physical health; structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900834347     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033331     Document Type: Article

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