Conditioning leisure time physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness in sociodemographic groups of middle-aged men in Eastern Finland

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 86-93

  Lakka, Timo A ^a   Kauhanen, Jussi ^b   Salonen, Jukka T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Age; Educational status; Employment; Exercise; Marital status; Occupations; Physical fitness; Residence; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; EXERCISE; FINLAND; FITNESS; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CORONARY DISEASE; EXERCISE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030022638     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.1.86     Document Type: Article

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