Physical Activity as a Factor in Growth and Maturation

Human Growth and Development

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 375-396

  Malina, Robert M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-383882-7.00014-3     Document Type: Chapter

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