Genetic testing and youth sports

JAMA

Volumn 305, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1033-1034

  Brooks, M Alison ^a   Tarini, Beth A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ 3;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; PLESIOMORPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SPORT;

EID: 79952373210     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.286     Document Type: Note

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