Health status of former elite athletes. The Finnish experience

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 35-41

  Sarna, S ^a,c   Kaprio, J ^a   Kujala, U M ^a   Koskenvuo, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c Dept of Public Health ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

chronic disease; life expectancy; older athletes; physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATHLETE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0030947179     PISSN: 03949532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03340126     Document Type: Review

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