Adiposity, activity, fitness, and C-reactive protein in children

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1981-1986

  Parrett, Anne L ^a   Valentine, Rudy J ^a   Arngrímsson, Sigurbjörn Á ^b   Castelli, Darla M ^c   Evans, Ellen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

DXA; inflammation; Obesity; pediatrics; youth

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACTIMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; OBESITY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ACTIGRAPHY; ADIPOSITY; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 78049530445     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181e0355e     Document Type: Article

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