Paula Radcliffe: elite athlete and clean air advocate.

Abstract:

:Paula Radcliffe tells Gary Humphreys about her journey from athlete to clean air advocate and her hopes for a clean air initiative launched by the International Association of Athletics Federation.

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doi

10.2471/BLT.19.030319

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-03-01 00:00:00

pages

176-177

issue

3

eissn

0042-9686

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1564-0604

pii

BLT.19.030319

journal_volume

97

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