Acculturation is associated with higher VO2max in overweight hispanic children

Pediatric Exercise Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-100

  Crespo, Noé C ^a   Ball, Geoff D C ^a   Shaibi, Gabriel Q ^b   Cruz, Martha L ^a   Weigensberg, Marc J ^a   Goran, Michael I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 33645244300     PISSN: 08998493     EISSN: 15432920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/pes.18.1.89     Document Type: Article

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