East African runners: Their genetics, lifestyle and athletic prowess

Medicine and Sport Science

Volumn 54, Issue , 2009, Pages 102-109

  Onywera, Vincent O ^a  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MOTIVATION; NEGRO; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING;

AFRICA, EASTERN; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CULTURE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MOTIVATION; PARENTS; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RUNNING;

EID: 72049093996     PISSN: 02545020     EISSN: 16622812     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000235699     Document Type: Article

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