Pedometer-measured walking and risk factors for disease [9]

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 100-101

  Thompson, Dixie L ^a   Krumm, Emily M ^a   Dessieux, Olivera L ^a   Andrews, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BONE MINERAL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDOMETER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTOR; WALKING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; RISK FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 33644858292     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000197303.31584.c0     Document Type: Letter

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