Physical activity, physical fitness, blood pressure, and fibrinogen in the Northern Ireland health and activity survey

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 258-263

  MacAuley, D ^a   McCrum, E E ^a   Stott, G ^b   Evans, A E ^a   McRoberts, B ^a   Boreham, C A G ^a   Sweeney, K ^b   Trinick, T R ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Health Estates   (United Kingdom)

^c ULSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREADMILL; WALKING;

EID: 0029932981     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.50.3.258     Document Type: Article

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