A repeated measurement study investigating the impact of school outdoor environment upon physical activity across ages and seasons in Swedish second, fifth and eighth graders

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Pagels, Peter ^a,b   Raustorp, Anders ^a,c   De Leon, Antonio Ponce ^b   Mårtensson, Fredrika ^d   Kylin, Maria ^d   Boldemann, Cecilia ^b,e  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accelerometers; Outdoor environment; Physical activity; Pupils; School yard

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROCEDURES; RECREATION; SCHOOL; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; TIME;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SCHOOLS; SEASONS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84906536562     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-803     Document Type: Article

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