The impact of race and higher socioeconomic status on cardiorespiratory fitness

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2286-2291

  Howard, Erica N ^a   Frierson, Georita M ^b   Willis, Benjamin L ^a   Haskell, William L ^c   Powell Wiley, Tiffany M ^d   Defina, Laura F ^a  

^a Cooper Institute ^*  (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Physical Activity; Racial Ethnic Minorities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 84888200141     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31829c2f4f     Document Type: Article

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