Active commuting and its associations with blood pressure and adiposity markers in children

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 132-134

  Machado Rodrigues, Aristides M ^a   Santana, Ana ^a   Gama, Augusta ^a   Mourão, Isabel ^b   Nogueira, Helena ^a   Rosado, Victor ^a   Mota, Jorge ^c   Padez, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Active transportation; Blood pressure; Childhood; Inactivity; Public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE AND ADIPOSITY RISK SCORE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYCLING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PORTUGUESE (CITIZEN); QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WALKING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTUGAL; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADIPOSITY; ANTHROPOMETRY; BICYCLING; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PORTUGAL; SCHOOLS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING;

EID: 84907685086     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.09.001     Document Type: Article

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