Motor development: Exploring main motor skills of 6 year old kosovar children;Motorički Razvoj: Istraživanje Glavnih Motoričkih Vještina Šestogodišnje Djece Na Kosovu

Sport Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-94

  Bahtiri, Abedin ^a   Shala, Merita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRI TINA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Motor factor; Motor skills; Motor tests; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864033397     PISSN: 18403662     EISSN: 18403670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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