Are school factors and urbanization supportive for being physically active and engaging in less screen-based activities?
- 21 December 2017
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in International Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 63 (3) , 359-366
Abstract
The aim was to assess the association between physical activity and screen-based activities in adolescents and selected school factors and urbanization and whether these associations were modified by degree of urbanization.Keywords
Funding Information
- The Slovak Research and Development Support Agency (APVV-0032-11)
- The Slovak Research and Development Support Agency (APVV-15-0012)
- Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic and the Slovak Academy of Sciences (1/0427/17, 1/0981/15)
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