Clinical evaluation of physical fitness in male obese Japanese

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 707-710

  Miyatake, Nobuyuki ^a   Nishikawa, Hidetaka ^a   Fujii, Masafumi ^a  

^a Okayama Southern Institute of Health   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body composition; Obesity; Ventilatory threshold; Waist hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

ADULT; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 0035412052     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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