Epidemiology of college athlete sizes, 1950s to current

Research in Sports Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-127

  Yamamoto, Joelle B ^a   Yamamoto, Brennan E ^a   Yamamoto, Patricia P ^a   Yamamoto, Loren G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Athlete size; Baseball; Basketball; Body mass index; Body size; Cardiovascular disease; College athletics; Epidemiology; Football; Obesity; Tennis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASEBALL; BASKETBALL; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; COLLEGE STUDENT; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; MALE; TENNIS; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORTS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 45849132749     PISSN: 15438627     EISSN: 15438635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15438620802103320     Document Type: Article

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