Body Height Trajectories in Pediatric Competitive Athletes
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1530-0315,0195-9131
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000562223.81105.9f