Fitness, fatness, and academic performance in seventh-grade elementary school students
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Fitness, fatness, and academic performance in seventh-grade elementary school students
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Pediatrics
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1471-2431
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-14-176