Physical activity and coronary heart disease in women: Is "No Pain, No Gain" passé?

JAMA

Volumn 285, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1447-1454

  Lee, I M ^a   Rexrode, K M ^a   Cook, N R ^a   Manson, J E ^a   Buring, J E ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLIMBING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

EID: 0035925771     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.285.11.1447     Document Type: Article

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