Relationship between low cardiorespiratory fitness and mortality in normal-weight, overweight, and obese men

JAMA

Volumn 282, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 1547-1553

  Wei, Ming ^b   Kampert, James B ^b   Barlow, Carolyn E ^b   Nichaman, Milton Z ^d   Gibbons, Larry W ^c   Paffenbarger, Ralph S ^e   Blair, Steven N ^{a,b,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m}  

^a Cooper Institute ^*  (United States)

^b Cooper Inst for Aerobics Research ^*  (United States)

^c Cooper Clinic ^*  (United States)

^d WESTAT   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^g HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

^h GENERAL MILLS INC   (United States)

ⁱ Life Fitness   (United States)

^j E Med   (United States)

^k Jenny Craig   (United States)

^l Bally Total Fitness Sports Medicine   (United States)

^m LEARN Center   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FITNESS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0032749573     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.282.16.1547     Document Type: Article

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