Regular non-vigorous physical activity and cholesterol levels in the elderly

Gerontology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 213-219

  Knight, Stephen ^b   Bermingham, Margaret A ^a   Mahajan, Deepika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Elderly; High density lipoprotein cholesterol; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN A;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CORONARY DISEASE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032792120     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022090     Document Type: Article

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