The benefits of physical activity on coronary heart disease and coronary heart disease risk factors in women

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-23

  Garber, Carol Ewing ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0031022908     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-3867(96)00024-2     Document Type: Article

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