Demographic Characteristics of World Class Jamaican Sprinters
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Demographic Characteristics of World Class Jamaican Sprinters
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عنوان ژورنال: The Scientific World Journal
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1537-744X
DOI: 10.1155/2013/670217