Children's perceptions of exercise  are children miniadults?

Health Education

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 61-69

  Burrows, Carol ^a   Eves, Frank ^b   Cooper, Dudley ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barriers; Children; Exercise; Gender; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993094748     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654289910256923     Document Type: Article

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