Social and environmental factors related to boys' and girls' park-based physical activity

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Bocarro, Jason N ^a   Floyd, Myron F ^a   Smith, William R ^a   Edwards, Michael B ^a   Schultz, Courtney L ^a   Baran, Perver ^a   Moore, Robin A ^a   Cosco, Nilda ^a   Suau, Luis J ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHAW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; NORTH CAROLINA; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RECREATION; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SANITATION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORTH CAROLINA; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PUBLIC FACILITIES; RECREATION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WALKING;

EID: 84936977001     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5888/pcd12.140532     Document Type: Article

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