Correction factors for body mass bias in military physical fitness tests

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 738-742

  Vanderburgh, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; AIR FORCE; ARMY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HUMAN; NAVY; RUNNING;

EID: 34447526373     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.7.738     Document Type: Article

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