Assessment of cardiovascular risk in collegiate football players and nonathletes

Journal of American College Health

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 224-227

  Dobrosielski, Devon A ^a   Rosenbaum, Daryl ^b   Wooster, Benjamin M ^c   Merrill, Michael ^b   Swanson, John ^c   Moore, J Brian ^d   Brubaker, Peter H ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

echocardiography; heart disease; metabolic syndrome; vascular function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OVERWEIGHT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649856116     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: 19403208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2010.483719     Document Type: Article

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