Are american children and youth fit?

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 96-106

  Corbin, Charles B ^a   Pangrazi, Robert P ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Fitness tests; Physical fitness; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CHILD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0026877067     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.1992.10607566     Document Type: Article

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