Maximal aerobic capacity in African-American and Caucasian prepubertal children

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 273, Issue 4 36-4, 1997, Pages

  Trowbridge, Christina A ^a   Gower, Barbara A ^a   Nagy, Tim R ^a   Hunter, Gary R ^a   Treuth, Margarita S ^a   Goran, Michael I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy expenditure; Ethnicity; Fitness; Oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 0030699180     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1997.273.4.e809     Document Type: Article

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