Police academy fitness training at the Police Training Institute, University of Illinois

Policing

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 416-431

  Copay, Anne G ^a   Charles, Michael T ^a  

^a Police Training Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Fitness; Health; Police

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347600853     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639519810228732     Document Type: Article

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