Morphology and performance of world championship triathletes

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 387-400

  Landers, Grant J ^a   Blanksby, B A ^b   Ackland, T R ^b   Smith, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033929646     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460050044865     Document Type: Article

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