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The secret of East African running prowess? Personal reactions to the Glasgow Conference of 15 May 2004

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Neil Spurway
Neil Spurway*
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Institute of Biomedical & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK
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* Email:n.c.spurway@bio.gla.ac.uk
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Equine and Comparative Exercise Physiology , Volume 1 , Issue 4 , November 2004 , pp. 293 - 294
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