Underweight in ski jumping: The solution of the problem

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 926-934

  Müller, Wolfram ^a   Groschl W ^a   Muller R ^a   Sudi, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anorexia athletica; Body mass index; Mass index; Ski jumping; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; JUMPING; LEG LENGTH; PREVALENCE; SKIING; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; HUMANS; SKIING; THINNESS;

EID: 33751048115     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-923844     Document Type: Article

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