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DÉPORVIDA. Programa de autoconocimiento en jóvenes futbolistas de un club profesional en España (DÉPORVIDA. Self-knowledge program in young footballers from a Spanish professional club)

July 2019

Conference: XVI Congreso de Metodología de las Ciencias Sociales y de la Salud (Madrid, Spain)

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Constantino Arce

University of Santiago de Compostela

David Tomé-Lourido

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