Blair, Steven N.

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Blair, Steven N.
Date of birth
1939-07-04
Gender
male
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Other Identifiers

VIAF: 28613706
Wikidata: Q61196520
Library of congress: n 88044145
Sources of Information
  • Resource manual for Guidelines for exercise testing and prescription, c1988:CIP t.p. (Steven N. Blair, P.E.D.; dir., Epidemiology Inst. for Aerobics Res., Dallas, TX)
  • Ettinger, Walter H. Fitness after 50, c2006:ECIP t.p. (Steven N. Blair) ECIP data view (b. 07-04-1939)

Wikipedia description:

Steven Noel Blair (July 4, 1939 – October 6, 2023) was an American exercise scientist. He has been a tenured professor in the Department of Exercise Science and Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the University of South Carolina's Arnold School of Public Health since 2006. He previously worked at the Dallas, Texas-based Cooper Institute, of which he was president and CEO from 2002 to 2006. He is known for his research on the health benefits of physical exercise. A 2005 New York Times article described Blair as "one of the nation's leading experts on the health benefits of exercise". Blair died on October 6, 2023, at the age of 84.

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