Evidence of Nationalistic bias in MuayThai

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue CSSI-1, 2006, Pages 21-27

  Myers, Tony D ^a   Balmer, Nigel J ^b   Nevill, Alan M ^c   Al Nakeeb, Yahya ^a  

^a NEWMAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Judging; MuayThai; Nationalistic bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953867413     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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