Mountaineers' risk perception in outdoor-adventure sports: A study of sex and sports experience

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 100, Issue 3 II, 2005, Pages 1155-1160

  Demirhan, Giyasettin ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 24944449033     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.100.3c.1155-1160     Document Type: Article

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