Are changes in distance-run performance of Australian children between 1985 and 1997 explained by changes in fatness?

Pediatric Exercise Science

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 201-209

  Olds, Tim ^a   Dollman, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; FITNESS; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RUNNING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WALKING;

EID: 4444255980     PISSN: 08998493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/pes.16.3.201     Document Type: Article

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