Growth and biologic maturation: Relevance to athletic performance

The Young Athlete

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 3-17

  Beunen, Gaston ^a   Malina, Robert M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1002/9780470696255.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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