Does training affect growth? Answers to common questions

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 21-29

  Daly, Robin M ^a,b   Bass, Shona ^b   Caine, Dennis ^c   Howe, Warren ^d  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c and Recreation ^*

^d WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; BEHAVIOR; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; GROWTH; HUMAN; MATURATION; MENARCHE; NUTRITION; PHYSICIAN; REDUCTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STRESS; TRAINING;

EID: 0036790945     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.2002.10.488     Document Type: Review

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