Physical fitness of urban American children

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 608-612

  Chatrath, R ^a   Shenoy, R ^a   Serratto, M ^b,c   Thoele, D G ^b  

^a Univ Illinois at Chicago Med Ctr ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

Author keywords

Bruce treadmill protocol; Exercise; Obesity; Physical fitness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; TREADMILL ERGOMETRY; URBAN AREA; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH; HEART RATE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REFERENCE VALUES; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0036877761     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-001-0074-3     Document Type: Article

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