Effect of activity restriction owing to heart disease on obesity

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 477-481

  Stefan, Mark A ^a   Hopman, Wilma M ^a,b   Smythe, John F ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; CHILD; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 18244409583     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.159.5.477     Document Type: Review

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