Physical Activity, Physical Fitness and Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors in Collegiate Women
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Association between coronary heart disease risk factors and physical fitness in healthy adult women.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Health Science
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1344-9702,1347-5207
DOI: 10.1248/jhs.55.611