Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 44, Issue 3 , Pages 268-274 , March 2009

Does Participation in Organized Sports Predict Future Physical Activity for Adolescents from Diverse Economic Backgrounds?

  • Stephanie Walters, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Stephanie Walters, M.D., c/o Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, Ph.D., M.P.H., Suite #300, 1300 S 2nd Street, Minneapolis, MN 55454.
    • ,
  • Daheia J. Barr-Anderson, Ph.D., M.S.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • ,
  • Melanie Wall, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • ,
  • Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Received 15 January 2008 ,Accepted 10 August 2008.

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PII: S1054-139X(08)00353-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.08.011

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 44, Issue 3 , Pages 268-274 , March 2009

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