Additional steps for cardiovascular health

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 347, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 755-756

  Thompson, Paul D ^a  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

EID: 0037026691     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe020088     Document Type: Editorial

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