Survival of the fittest: Evidence for high-risk and cardioprotective fitness levels

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 257-259

  Franklin, Barry A ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038668032     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/00149619-200210000-00001     Document Type: Article

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