Changes in Physical Fitness and All-Cause Mortality: A Prospective Study of Healthy and Unhealthy Men

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 273, Issue 14, 1995, Pages 1093-1098

  Blair, Steven N ^a   Kohl, Harold W ^a   Barlow, Carolyn E ^a   Gibbons, Larry W ^b   Paffenbarger, Ralph S ^c   Macera, Caroline A ^d  

^a Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research ^*  (United States)

^b Cooper Clinic ^*  (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0028922064     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1995.03520380029031     Document Type: Article

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