Football Fitness - for the sake of one’s health? The perspectives of female players

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Football Fitness - for the sake of one’s health? The perspectives of female players. / Thing, Lone Friis; Hybholt, Maria Gliemann; Jensen, Andorra Lynn; Ottesen, Laila.

I: Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, Bind 12, Nr. 1, 2020, s. 63-75.

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Thing, LF, Hybholt, MG, Jensen, AL & Ottesen, L 2020, 'Football Fitness - for the sake of one’s health? The perspectives of female players', Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, bind 12, nr. 1, s. 63-75. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676X.2019.1595106

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Thing, L. F., Hybholt, M. G., Jensen, A. L., & Ottesen, L. (2020). Football Fitness - for the sake of one’s health? The perspectives of female players. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 12(1), 63-75. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676X.2019.1595106

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Thing LF, Hybholt MG, Jensen AL, Ottesen L. Football Fitness - for the sake of one’s health? The perspectives of female players. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health. 2020;12(1):63-75. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676X.2019.1595106

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Thing, Lone Friis ; Hybholt, Maria Gliemann ; Jensen, Andorra Lynn ; Ottesen, Laila. / Football Fitness - for the sake of one’s health? The perspectives of female players. I: Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health. 2020 ; Bind 12, Nr. 1. s. 63-75.

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