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The Feasibility of a Fitness Test Battery and Web-Based Platform for Monitoring Key Indicators of Adolescent Health in School Settings Cover

The Feasibility of a Fitness Test Battery and Web-Based Platform for Monitoring Key Indicators of Adolescent Health in School Settings

Physical Activity and Health
Volume 5 (2021): Issue 1
By: Brendan T. O’Keeffe,  Ciaran MacDonncha and  Alan E. Donnelly  
Open Access
|Jul 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/paah.102 | Journal eISSN: 2515-2270
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Language: English
Submitted on: May 24, 2021
Accepted on: Jun 4, 2021
Published on: Jul 1, 2021
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
Schools,
Physical fitness,
Physical education,
peer-facilitated

© 2021 Brendan T. O’Keeffe, Ciaran MacDonncha, Alan E. Donnelly, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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