Changes in Eurofit test performance of Estonian and Lithuanian children and adolescents (1992-2002)

Medicine and Sport Science

Volumn 50, Issue , 2007, Pages 129-142

  Jurimae T ^a   Volbekiene, V ^b   Jurimae J ^a   Tomkinson, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b LITHUANIAN SPORTS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ESTONIA; EUROPE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LITHUANIA; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTONIA; EUROPE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 34250367155     PISSN: 02545020     EISSN: 16622812     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000101356     Document Type: Article

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