Recreational exercise motives of adolescents and young adults

Journal of Human Kinetics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-89

  Caglar, Emine ^a   Canlan, Yusuf ^a   Demir, Murat ^a  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Gender; Recreational exercise motives

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149124708     PISSN: 16405544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10078-009-0027-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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