Natural history of leisure-time physical activity and its correlates: Associations with mortality from all causes and cardiovascular disease over 28 years

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 144, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 793-797

  Kaplan, George A ^a   Strawbridge, William J ^b   Cohen, Richard D ^b   Hungerford, Laura R ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular diseases; exercise; longitudinal studies; mortality; physical fitness; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029848092     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009003     Document Type: Article

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