Demographic characteristics of elite Kenyan endurance runners

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 415-422

  Onywera, Vincent O ^a   Scott, Robert A ^b   Boit, Michael K ^a   Pitsiladis, Yannis P ^a,b  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Athletes; Demographics; Endurance; Environment; Kenya

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIRTHPLACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; ENDURANCE SPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KENYA; LANGUAGE; MALE; MARATHON RUNNER; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KENYA; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RUNNING;

EID: 33644593595     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410500189033     Document Type: Article

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