Leisure-time physical activity and the risk of primary cardiac arrest

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 686-690

  Lemaitre, Rozenn N ^a   Siscovick, David S ^a,b   Raghunathan, Trivellore E ^c   Weinmann, Sheila ^a   Arbogast, Patrick ^b   Lin, Dan Yu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK; RISK FACTORS; WALKING; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0033548830     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.159.7.686     Document Type: Article

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