Patterns of senescence in human cardiovascular fitness: VO2max in subsistence and industrialized populations

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 756-769

  Pisor, Anne C ^a   Gurven, Michael ^a   Blackwell, Aaron D ^a   Kaplan, Hillard ^b   Yetish, Gandhi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VERMES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BOLIVIA; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886252151     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22445     Document Type: Article

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