Effects of school-based aerobic exercise on blood pressure in adolescent girls at risk for hypertension

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 949-951

  Ewart, Craig K ^a   Young, Deborah Rohm ^b   Hagberg, James M ^c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031801417     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.6.949     Document Type: Article

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