Behavioral practices and mortality in women former college athletes and nonathletes

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 808-821

  Wyshak, Grace ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATHLETE; BREAST CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COLLEGE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLUENZA; LIFESTYLE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MORTALITY; NEPHRITIS; NEPHROSIS; PNEUMONIA; RESUSCITATION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; ADULT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPORT; STATISTICS; STUDENT; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CAUSE OF DEATH; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SPORTS; STUDENTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 1442358784     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330390229920     Document Type: Article

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