Future hospital care in a population-based series of twin pairs discordant for physical activity behavior

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1869-1872

  Kujala, Urho M ^a,c   Kaprio, Jaakko ^a   Sarna, Seppo ^a   Koskenvuo, Markku ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c U for Sports and Exercise Medicine   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; TWINS;

EID: 0032729295     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.12.1869     Document Type: Article

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