Running, heart disease, and the ironic death of jim fixx

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 38-46

  Plymire, Darcy C ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Marathon; Running boom

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC FIGURE; RUNNING; SPORTS MEDICINE;

FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; RUNNING; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 0036511863     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2002.10608990     Document Type: Article

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