Sports and children : consensus statement on organised sports for children
Micheli, L.J., Armstrong, N., Bar-Or, O., Boreham, C., Chan, K., Eston, R., Hills, Andrew, Maffulli, N., Malina, R.M., Nair, N.V.K., Nevill, A., Rowland, T., Sharp, C., Stanish, W.D., & Tanner, S. (1998) Sports and children : consensus statement on organised sports for children. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 76(5), pp. 445-447.
![[img]](http://eprints.qut.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png)
Abstract
This consensus statement was prepared by an Ad Hoc Committee on Sports and Children of the International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS) and WHO during a symposium on sports and children held in Hong Kong on 11-12 January 1997 and was reviewed by members of the WHO Cardiovascular Disease Expert Advisory Panel and Members of the WHO Committee on Physical Activity, Sport and Health.
Citations:
Citation countsare sourced monthly from Scopus and Web of Science citation databases.
These databases contain citations from different subsets of available publications and different time periods and thus the citation count from each is usually different. Some works are not in either database and no count is displayed. Scopus includes citations from articles published in 1996 onwards, and Web of Science generally from 1980 onwards.
Citations counts from the Google Scholar™ indexing service can be viewed at the linked Google Scholar™ search.
Full-text downloads:
Full-text downloadsdisplays the total number of times this work’s files (e.g., a PDF) have been downloaded from QUT ePrints as well as the number of downloads in the previous 365 days. The count includes downloads for all files if a work has more than one.
| ID Code: | 334 |
|---|---|
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
| Additional URLs: | |
| Keywords: | Organized sport, Children, Adolescents, Physical activity, Benefits, Competitive sport, Clubs, Schools |
| ISSN: | 0042-9686 |
| Subjects: | Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES (110000) > HUMAN MOVEMENT AND SPORTS SCIENCE (110600) |
| Divisions: | Current > QUT Faculties and Divisions > Faculty of Health Current > Schools > School of Exercise & Nutrition Sciences |
| Copyright Owner: | Copyright 1998 World Health Organization |
| Copyright Statement: | Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher: This journal is available online. |
| Deposited On: | 14 Mar 2005 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Aug 2011 03:46 |
Export: EndNote | Dublin Core | BibTeX
Repository Staff Only: item control page