East African running dominance: What is behind it?

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 391-394

  Hamilton, B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RUNNING; SCANDINAVIA; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AFRICA, EASTERN; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMANS; RUNNING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0033786372     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.34.5.391     Document Type: Article

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