Associations between daily physical activity and physical fitness in flemish males: A cross-sectional analysis

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 587-597

  Philippaerts, Renaat M ^a,b   Lefevre, Johan ^a   Delvaux, Katrien ^a   Thomis, Martine ^a   Vanreusel, Bart ^a   Eynde, Bavo Vanden ^a   Claessens, Albrecht L ^a   Lysens, Roeland ^a   Beunen, Gaston ^a  

^a Fac of Phys Educ and Physiother   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 0000902563     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6300(199909/10)11:5<587::AID-AJHB2>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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