Reduction in cardiovascular disease risk factors: 6-month results from project active

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 883-892

  Dunn, Andrea L ^a   Marcus, Bess H ^b   Kampert, James B ^a   Garcia, Melissa E ^a   Kohl III, Harold W ^c   Blair, Steven N ^a  

^a Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Baylor College of Medicin   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Adults; Exercise; Intervention; Randomized clinical trial

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0031281785     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1997.0218     Document Type: Article

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