Young children’s intuitive interest in physical activity: Personal, school, and home factors

Journal of Physical Activity and Health

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Chen, Ang ^a   Zhu, Weimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; National data analysis; Parents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LOGLINEAR MODEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; SITTING; TEACHER; TEACHING;

EID: 85008852203     PISSN: 15433080     EISSN: 15435474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jpah.2.1.1     Document Type: Article

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