State of the Art Reviews: Measurement of Physical Activity in Children and Adolescents

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 299-314

  Trost, Stewart G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

adolescents; assessment; exercise; objective monitoring; reliability; validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990319609     PISSN: 15598276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1559827607301686     Document Type: Review

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