Community health and nutrition screening for Special Olympics athletes

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 451-457

  Cotugna, Nancy ^a   Vickery, Connie E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health; Healthy Athletes initiative; Nutrition screening; Special Olympics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DENTAL CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MORPHOMETRICS; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; VISION TEST; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SPORTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642455980     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026033824670     Document Type: Article

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