Seasonal variations in health-related human physical activity

Sports Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 473-485

  Reilly, Thomas ^a   Peiser, Benny ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPORT INJURY; TRAINING;

AGE FACTORS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SEASONS; SPORTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33744910058     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 01121642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200636060-00002     Document Type: Review

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