Leisure time activity as a determinant of survival: A 26-year follow-up of a Swedish cohort

Public health

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 227-230

  Konlaan, B B ^a,b   Theobald, H ^c   Bygren, L O ^b  

^a Red Cross University College of Nursing   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036636410     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ph.1900851     Document Type: Article

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