Physical activity, physical fitness, and all-cause and cancer mortality: A prospective study of men and women

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 452-457

  Kampert, James B ^a   Blair, Steven N ^a   Barlow, Carolyn E ^a   Kohl III, Harold W ^a  

^a Cooper Inst for Aerobics Research ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; cohort study; mortality; physical activity; Physical fitness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AMERICAS; CANCER; CAUSES OF DEATH--DETERMINANTS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIFFERENTIAL MORTALITY; DISEASES; HEALTH; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX FACTORS; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030248815     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(96)00059-2     Document Type: Article

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