Exercise versus heart attack: Questioning the consensus?

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 216-220

  Morris, J N ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RECREATION;

ADULT; CORONARY DISEASE; EXERCISE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RECREATION;

EID: 0030158567     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.1996.10607947     Document Type: Article

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