Television viewing and muscular fitness of children

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 84, Issue 3 PART 2, 1996, Pages 1316-1318

  Tucker, Larry A ^a   Hager, Ronald L ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TELEVISION;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REFERENCE VALUES; TELEVISION;

EID: 0030159094     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1996.82.3c.1316     Document Type: Article

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