New insights on the threshold intensity for improving cardiorespiratory fitness

Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 118-121

  Franklin, Barry A ^a,b,d   Swain, David P ^c  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Beaumont Hosp Hlth/Rehab Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC METABOLISM; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; THRESHOLD INTENSITY; TRAINING; WALKING;

EID: 0037742692     PISSN: 1520037X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1520-037X.2003.02478.x     Document Type: Editorial

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