Dose-response relationship of physical activity and cardiovascular disease risk

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 238-240

  Simons Morton, Denise G ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; RUNNING;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RUNNING;

EID: 0031991003     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1998.tb02546.x     Document Type: Review

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