Cardiorespiratory fitness, body composition, and all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in men

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 373-380

  Lee, Chong Do ^a   Blair, Steven N ^a   Jackson, Andrew S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

All cause mortality; Body composition,cardiorespiratory fitness; Cardiovascular disease mortality; Epidemiology; Fat mass; Fat free mass; Men; Mortality; Waist girth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 0038759323     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/69.3.373     Document Type: Article

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