Effects of a 12-month exercise program on cardiorespiratory health indicators of Vietnam War veterans resident in the tropics

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 132-136

  Kerr, Rebecca M ^a   Leicht, Anthony S ^a   Spinks, Warwick L ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Ex military personnel; Health; Physical fitness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TROPICS; VIET NAM; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EXERCISE THERAPY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUEENSLAND; RISK FACTORS; VETERANS; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

EID: 43449133326     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2007.00934.x     Document Type: Article

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