Walking and mortality in Japan: The Miyagi Cohort Study

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Fujita, Kazuki ^a   Takahashi, Hideko ^a   Miura, Chihaya ^a   Ohkubo, Takayoshi ^a   Sato, Yuki ^a   Ugajin, Takashi ^a   Kurashima, Kayoko ^a   Tsubono, Yoshitaka ^a   Tsuji, Ichiro ^a   Fukao, Akira ^b   Hisamichi, Shigeru ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

All cause mortality; Prospective cohort study; Time spent walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; TIME; WALKING;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 2642546669     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.14.S26     Document Type: Article

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