Health-related fitness in preschool children: Difference between organized and unorganized physical activity

Dragana Zarić ,
Dragana Zarić

Primary Health Care Center “Novi Sad”, Novi Sad, Serbia,

Zoran Gojković ,
Zoran Gojković

University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Medicine, Novi Sad, Serbia,

Goran Sporiš ,
Goran Sporiš

Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia,

Dejan Madić
Dejan Madić

University of Zagreb, Faculty of Kinesiology, Zagreb, Croatia,

Published: 01.12.2017.

Vol 10, No 1 (2018), 2018, 10 (1);

pp. 0-0;

https://doi.org/10.31382/eqol.180603

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Zarić D, Gojković Z, Sporiš G, Madić D. Health-related fitness in preschool children: Difference between organized and unorganized physical activity. Exercise and Quality of Life. 2018. p. 29–34.

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