Cardiorespiratory fitness of obese boys

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 353-357

  Chatterjee, Satipati ^b   Chatterjee, Pratima ^b   Bandyopadhyay, Amit ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Obesity; QCT; VO2max

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FITNESS; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 23044509500     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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