Anthropometric comparison of world-class sprinters and normal populations

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 608-616

  Uth, Niels ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body mass; Height; Sprint running

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645968967     PISSN: 13032968     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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