Classifying children for sports participation based upon anthropometric measurement

European Journal of Sport Science

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1-13

  Anderson, Gregory S ^a   Ward, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FRASER VALLEY   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competition; Impulse; Maturation; Sports

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956053444     PISSN: 17461391     EISSN: 15367290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17461390200072301     Document Type: Article

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