Assessment of Children's and Adolescents' Physical Activity Levels

European Physical Education Review

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-85

  Guerra, Sandra ^a   Santos, Paula ^a   Ribeiro, José C ^a   Duarte, José A ^a   Mota, Jorge ^a   Sallis, James F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

accelerometer; children; gender; physical activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993708178     PISSN: 1356336X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356336X03009001181     Document Type: Article

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