Differences in heart rate variability between Asian and Caucasian children living in the same Canadian community

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 277-282

  Reed, Katharine E ^a   Warburton, Darren E R ^a   Whitney, Crystal L ^a   McKay, Heather A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerobic fitness; Autonomic nervous system; Race; Sex; Sympathetic; Vagal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CANADA; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33746581863     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/H05-015     Document Type: Article

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