3. Is exercise good for you?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 183, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 538-541

  Brukner, Peter D ^a   Brown, Wendy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; FALLING; FITNESS; FRACTURE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SPORT INJURY; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 28444495383     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb07159.x     Document Type: Article

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