Distributional changes in the performance of Australian children on tests of cardiorespiratory endurance

Medicine and Sport Science

Volumn 50, Issue , 2007, Pages 210-225

  Dollman, J ^a   Olds, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RUNNING;

EID: 34250367154     PISSN: 02545020     EISSN: 16622812     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000101393     Document Type: Article

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