Physical activity, physical fitness, and risk of dying

Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 626-631

  Villeneuve, Paul J ^a,b   Morrison, Howard I ^b   Craig, Cora L ^c   Schaubel, Douglas E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b LAB CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^c Canada Fitness Lifestyle Res Inst   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender; Mortality; Physical activity; Physical fitness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DYING; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031697528     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199811000-00011     Document Type: Article

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