Historical analysis of participation in 161km ultramarathons in North America

International Journal of the History of Sport

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1877-1891

  Hoffman, Martin D ^a   Ong, June C ^a   Wang, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Independent Researcher   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEN'S HEALTH; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RUNNING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MEN'S HEALTH; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSICAL EXERTION; RUNNING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 79651470735     PISSN: 09523367     EISSN: 17439035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09523367.2010.494385     Document Type: Review

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