Association of maturation, sex, and body fat in cardiorespiratory fitness

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 707-712

  Mota, Jorge ^a   Guerra, Sandra ^a   Leandro, Carol ^a   Pinto, Armando ^b   Ribeiro, José C ^a   Duarte, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RUNNING; SCAPULA; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PORTUGAL; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0036830484     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.10086     Document Type: Article

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