PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN OVERWEIGHT AND NON-OVERWEIGHT PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0195-9131
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200205001-01563