Growth and maturation in elite young female athletes

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 42-49

  Baxter Jones, Adam D G ^a   Thompson, Angela M ^a   Malina, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent females; Body size; Development; Growth; Maturation; Sport

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SHORT STATURE; SKILL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPORT; TIME; TRAINING;

EID: 0036050051     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00132585-200210010-00007     Document Type: Article

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