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Cardiovascular tests might also be employed as a screening process when a medical examination is not given. This does not imply, however, that the test is a substitute for a good medical examination.
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Publication information:
Book title: Measurement in Physical Education.
Edition: 4th.
Contributors: Donald K. Mathews - Author, Nancy Allison Close - Illustrator.
Publisher: W. B. Saunders.
Place of publication: Philadelphia.
Publication year: 1973.
Page number: 258.
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