Heath-carter somatotypes of athletes representing various sports

Biology of Sport

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 305-310

  Krawczyk, B ^a   Sklad, M ^a   Jackiewicz, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Poland)

Author keywords

Athletes; Sheldon's method; Somatotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040012979     PISSN: 0860021X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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