Life- style and physical- activity pattern of school going adolescent girls
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عنوان ژورنال: ASIAN JOURNAL OF HOME SCIENCE
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0973-4732,0976-8351
DOI: 10.15740/has/ajhs/14.2/282-287