Linking physical activity and aerobic fitness: Are we active because we are fit, or are we fit because we are active?

Pediatric Exercise Science

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-181

  Kemper, Han C G ^a   Koppes, Lando L J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RUNNING; TREADMILL EXERCISE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646586692     PISSN: 08998493     EISSN: 15432920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/pes.18.2.173     Document Type: Article

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