Using the 6-Minute Walk Test for Screening Summit Success on Mount Aconcagua
β Scribed by Remigiusz R. Drozd; Virginia Cross
- Book ID
- 118504871
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 336 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1080-6032
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