Walking compared with vigorous exercise for the prevention of cardiovascular events in women

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 347, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 716-725

  Manson, Joann E ^a   Greenland, Philip ^b   LaCroix, Andrea Z ^c   Stefanick, Marcia L ^d   Mouton, Charles P ^e   Oberman, Albert ^f   Perri, Michael G ^g   Sheps, David S ^c   Pettinger, Mary B ^c   Siscovick, David S ^g  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^f University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WALKING;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY DISEASE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK; WALKING;

EID: 18644385210     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa021067     Document Type: Article

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