Does walking decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease hospitalizations and death in older adults?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-120

  LaCroix, Andrea Z ^a,b   Leveille, Suzanne G ^a,b   Hecht, Julia A ^a,b   Grothaus, Louis C ^a,b   Wagner, Edward H ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WALKING;

EID: 0030071254     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb02425.x     Document Type: Article

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