Dr. Kristine Held Schmitz M.D.
Pediatrician
1948 Kennedy Dr #202 Mc Lean VA, 22102About
Dr. Kristine Schmitz is a pediatrician practicing in Mc Lean, VA. Dr. Schmitz is a doctor who specializes in the health care of children. As a pedicatrician, Dr. Schmitz diagnoses and treats infections, injuries, diseases and other disorders in children. Pediatricians typically work with infants, children, teenagers and young adults up to age 21. They practice medical care as well as preventative health care. Dr. Schmitz can oversee and manage the physical, mental and emotional health of their patients.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Compendium of physical activities: an update of activity codes and MET intensities.
- Physical activity and body weight: associations over ten years in the CARDIA study. Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults.
- Independent and interactive effects of apolipoprotein E phenotype and cardiorespiratory fitness on plasma lipids.
- Arterial distensibility and physical activity in the ARIC study.
- Effects of recombinant human tumor necrosis factor on rodent gliomas and normal brain.
- Changes in inflammatory biomarkers following one-year of moderate resistance training in overweight women.
- Comparison of the validity of anthropometric and bioelectric impedance equations to assess body composition in adolescent girls.
- Impact of lymphedema and arm symptoms on quality of life in breast cancer survivors.
- Exercise lowers estrogen and progesterone levels in premenopausal women at high risk of breast cancer.
- A case of infantile star anise toxicity.
- [The atraumatic system].
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