Influence of the enhanced physical education curriculum on children's physical fitness;Utjecaj programa kineziološke intervencije na fizič kondiciju djece

Croatian Journal of Education

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 41-70

  Jurak, Gregor ^a   Strel, Janko ^a   Leskošek, Bojan ^a   Kovač, Marjeta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Intervention; Physical development; Primary school

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858450110     PISSN: 18485189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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