Effects of walking on coronary heart disease in elderly men: The Honolulu Heart Program

Circulation

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-13

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

^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 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^f Honolulu Asia Aging Study   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cardiovascular diseases; Exercise; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING;

EID: 0033529405     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.100.1.9     Document Type: Article

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