Physical activity measured with wrist and ankle accelerometers: Age, gender, and BMI effects

Veronica Ramirez; Ehsan Shokri-Kojori; Elizabeth A. Cabrera; Corinde E. Wiers; Kathleen Merikangas; Dardo Tomasi; Gene-Jack Wang; Nora D. Volkow

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0195996

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Physical activity measured with wrist and ankle accelerometers: Age, gender, and BMI effects

Veronica Ramirez ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Veronica Ramirez, Ehsan Shokri-Kojori

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5083-196X

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Ehsan Shokri-Kojori ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Veronica Ramirez, Ehsan Shokri-Kojori

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Elizabeth A. Cabrera,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Corinde E. Wiers,

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Kathleen Merikangas,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Dardo Tomasi,

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Gene-Jack Wang,

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Nora D. Volkow

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: nvolkow@nida.nih.gov

Affiliations National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Physical activity measured with wrist and ankle accelerometers: Age, gender, and BMI effects

Veronica Ramirez,
Ehsan Shokri-Kojori,
Elizabeth A. Cabrera,
Corinde E. Wiers,
Kathleen Merikangas,
Dardo Tomasi,
Gene-Jack Wang,
Nora D. Volkow

Published: April 27, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195996

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