Fitness of black African early adolescents with and without mild mental retardation

Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 277-292

  Onyewadume, Ignatius Ugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33745632783     PISSN: 07365829     EISSN: 15432777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/apaq.23.3.277     Document Type: Article

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