Association between level of physical activity and lung function among Norwegian men and women: The HUNT Study

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1399-1405

  Nystad, Wenche ^a   Samuelsen, S O ^a,b   Nafstad, P ^a,c   Langhammer, A ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adults; Exercise; Lung function; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NORWAY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33845542701     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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