More than 10 years after "the horse is dead...": Surely it must be time to "dismount"?! Commentary

Pediatric Exercise Science

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 129-131

  Plowman, Sharon Ann ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FITNESS; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 34548047030     PISSN: 08998493     EISSN: 15432920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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