Walking for Health and Fitness

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 259, Issue 18, 1988, Pages 2720-2724

  Rippe, James M ^a   Ward, Ann ^a   Porcari, John P ^a   Freedson, Patty S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; HUMAN; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING;

CORONARY DISEASE; EXERTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 0023901639     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1988.03720180046031     Document Type: Article

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