Peak oxygen uptake in relation to age, sex, and maturation in Hong Kong Chinese children

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 602-605

  McManus, Alison M ^a   Yung, Tak Chung ^a   Leung, Maurice P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GENDER; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREDICTION; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION; TREADMILL;

EID: 4444259934     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20061     Document Type: Article

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