Women's occupations, energy expenditure, and cardiovascular risk factors

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 377-387

  Wilbur, Joellen ^a   Naftzger Kang, Lisa ^b   Miller, Arlene Michaels ^a   Chandler, Peggy ^a   Montgomery, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0032926321     PISSN: 10597115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.1999.8.377     Document Type: Article

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