Coronary heart disease risk factors in middleaged former top-level athletes

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 229-235

  Pihl, E ^a   Jurimae T ^a   Kaasik, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Body composition; CHD risk factors; Former athletes; Lipids; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SPORT;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SPORTS;

EID: 0032134238     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.1998.tb00197.x     Document Type: Article

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