Time trends in leisure-time physical activity in the upper midwest 1957–1987: University of minnesota studies

Epidemiology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 8-15

  Jacobs, David R ^a   Hahn, Lorraine P ^a   Folsom, Aaron R ^a   Hannan, Peter J ^a   Sprafka, J Michael ^a   Burke, Gregory L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Gender; Occupational physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEISURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MINNESOTA; OCCUPATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0026062044     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199101000-00003     Document Type: Article

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