Aerobic exercise and endurance: Improving fitness for health benefits

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Wilmore, Jack H ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AEROBIC METABOLISM; AEROBIC WORK; AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LIFESTYLE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; REVIEW; SITTING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRENGTH;

EID: 0141927096     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.2003.05.367     Document Type: Review

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