Cardiorespiratory fitness of 7-14 year-old Andibila children in Oju, Nigeria

Gazzetta Medica Italiana Archivio per le Scienze Mediche

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 287-295

  Goon, D T ^a   Toriola, A L ^b   Musa, D I ^c   Akusu, S ^c   Wuam, S ^d   Audu, M ^d   Toriola, O M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

^b TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^c BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^d College of Education   (Nigeria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND   (Swaziland)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Child; Life style; Technology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION;

EID: 79954493136     PISSN: 03933660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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