Cardiorespiratory fitness, fatness, and blood pressure associations in nigerian youth

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1978-1985

  Musa, Danladi I ^a,b   Williams, Craig A ^b  

^a BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender difference; health promotion; hypertension; youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEART; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NIGERIA; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RUNNING;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NIGERIA; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RUNNING;

EID: 84866550634     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31825ae19d     Document Type: Article

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