Physical activity and performance in children

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 54, Issue 4 II, 1996, Pages

  Dwyer, Terence ^a   Blizzard, Leigh ^a   Dean, Kimberlie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARITHMETIC; AUSTRALIA; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; READING; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030016406     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1996.tb03895.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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