Effects of walking on mortality among nonsmoking retired men

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 338, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 94-99

  Hakim, Amy A ^a,b   Petrovitch, Helen ^c,d   Burchfiel, Cecil M ^c,e   Ross, G Webster ^c,f   Rodriguez, Beatriz L ^c,d   White, Lon R ^g   Yano, Katsuhiko ^d   Curb, J David ^c,d   Abbott, Robert D ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d KUAKINI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^f DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PENSIONER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EXERCISE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; RISK; WALKING;

EID: 0032495586     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199801083380204     Document Type: Article

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