Objectively measured differences in physical activity in five types of schoolyard area

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 134, Issue , 2015, Pages 83-92

  Andersen, Henriette Bondo ^a   Klinker, Charlotte Demant ^a   Toftager, Mette ^a   Pawlowski, Charlotte Skau ^a   Schipperijn, Jasper ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Behavior; Gis; GPS; Schoolyards; Youth

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

BEHAVIOR; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; HEALTH CONSEQUENCES; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SCHOOLYARDS; SOLID SURFACE; TIME SPENT; YOUTH;

HEALTH;

ACCELEROMETER; CHILD; GPS; GRASS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

EID: 84910096995     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.10.005     Document Type: Article

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