Anthropometric changes in elite male water polo players: Survey in 1980 and 1995

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 202-205

  Lozovina, Vinko ^a,c   Pavičić, Leo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c NONE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Exercise; Longitudinal studies; Sports; Sports medicine

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY BUILD; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CROATIA; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; REVIEW; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPORT; SPORTS MEDICINE; WATERPOLO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROATIA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SPORTS MEDICINE; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2642538293     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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