Hockey success and birth date: The relative age effect revisited

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 507-512

  Nolan, Joseph E ^a   Howell, Grace ^b  

^a UNION INSTITUTE AND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

age; age grouping; birth month; hockey; relative age effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649248293     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: 14617218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1012690210371560     Document Type: Article

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