Anthropometric profiling of elite junior and senior Australian Football players

International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 509-520

  Veale, James P ^a   Pearce, Alan J ^a   Buttifant, David ^b   Carlson, John S ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Strength and Conditioning Department   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body composition; Bone mass; Bone mineral density; DEXA; Lean mass

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951539757     PISSN: 15550265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijspp.5.4.509     Document Type: Article

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