Children are fit and active – fact or fiction?

Health Education

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 333-335

  Armstrong, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health education; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992969464     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654280410564097     Document Type: Article

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