Body composition and gender differences in performance

Nutritional Assessment of Athletes: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 121-147

  Reaburn, Peter R J ^a   Dascombe, Ben J ^b   De Jonge, Xanne Janse ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

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