Young people's participation in extracurricular physical education: A study of 15-16 year olds in North-West England and North-East Wales

European Physical Education Review

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 339-368

  Smith, Andy ^a   Thurston, Miranda ^a   Green, Ken ^a,b   Lamb, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

15 16 year olds; Extra curricular physical education; Gender; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848918834     PISSN: 1356336X     EISSN: 17412749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356336X07081997     Document Type: Article

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