Self selection of athletes into sports via skeletal ratios

Aerobic Exercise and Athletic Performance: Types, Duration and Health Benefits

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 307-322

  Stewart, Arthur D ^a   Benson, Philip J ^b   Olds, Tim ^c   Marfell Jones, Michael ^d   MacSween, Alasdair ^e   Nevill, Alan M ^f  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Universal College of Learning   (New Zealand)

^e TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Athlete; Caucasian; Skeletal proportions.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892045236     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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