Low cardiorespiratory fitness in African Americans: A health disparity risk factor?

Sports Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1301-1313

  Swift, Damon L ^a   Staiano, Amanda E ^b   Johannsen, Neil M ^b,c   Lavie, Carl J ^b,d   Earnest, Conrad P ^e   Katzmarzyk, Peter T ^b   Blair, Steven N ^f   Newton Jr , Robert L ^b   Church, Timothy S ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; FITNESS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84892177147     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40279-013-0092-3     Document Type: Review

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