Season of birth distribution of elite tennis players

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1013-1020

  Edgar, Susan ^a   O'Donoghue, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth date; Tennis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPETITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATURATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPORT; TENNIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; SEASONS; TENNIS;

EID: 25144489499     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410400021468     Document Type: Article

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