Is prepubertal growth adversely affected by sport?

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1698-1703

  Damsgaard, R ^a   Bencke, J ^a   Matthiesen, G ^a   Petersen, J H ^a   Muller, J ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

BMI; Children; Growth; Regression analysis; Stature

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY BUILD; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREPUBERTY; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 0033774375     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200010000-00006     Document Type: Article

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