Effect of cigarette smoking on muscle strength and flexibility of athletes

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1144-1146

  Ravi Kumar, P ^a   Nanda Kumar, N V ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOKING; SPORT;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SMOKING; SPORTS;

EID: 0032200491     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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