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APPLIED SPORT SCIENCES

The relative age effect among elite youth competitive swimmers

Aldo M. Costa Department of Sports Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal; CIDESD, Research Centre in Sports, Health and Human Development, Covilhã, Portugal; CICS-UBI, Health Sciences Research Center, Covilhã, PortugalCorrespondence[email protected]
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Mário C. Marques Department of Sports Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal; CIDESD, Research Centre in Sports, Health and Human Development, Covilhã, Portugal
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Hugo Louro CIDESD, Research Centre in Sports, Health and Human Development, Covilhã, Portugal; Sports Science, Institute of Rio Maior, Rio Maior, Portugal
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Sandra S. Ferreira Department of Mathematics and Center for Mathematics, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
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Daniel A. Marinho Department of Sports Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal; CIDESD, Research Centre in Sports, Health and Human Development, Covilhã, Portugal
Pages 437-444 | Received 09 Nov 2011, Accepted 15 Oct 2012, Published online: 13 Nov 2012

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