Are senior high school students in Ghana meeting WHO’s recommended level of physical activity? Evidence from the 2012 Global School-based Student Health Survey Data
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Are senior high school students in Ghana meeting WHO’s recommended level of physical activity? Evidence from the 2012 Global School-based Student Health Survey Data
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Keywords
Physical activity, Schools, Adolescents, Health surveys, Human mobility, Multivariate analysis, Ghana, Parenting behavior
Journal
PLoS One
Volume 15, Issue 2, Pages e0229012
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Online
2020-02-13
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0229012
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