Estimated age effects in athletic events and chess

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-57

  Fair, Ray C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RUNNING; SPORT; SWIMMING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RUNNING; SWIMMING; TRACK AND FIELD;

EID: 33845420514     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610730601006305     Document Type: Article

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