Changes in physical fitness and changes in mortality

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Volumn 352, Issue 9130, 1998, Pages 759-762

  Erikssen, Gunnar ^a   Liestøl, Knut ^a   Bjømholt, Jørgen ^b   Thaulow, Erik ^c   Sandvik, Leiv ^d   Mrikssen, Jan ^a  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d Medstat Research A/S   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EXERCISE TEST; FITNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0032487064     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)02268-5     Document Type: Article

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