Current challenges in the research about physical activity and sedentary lifestyles;Los retos actuales de la investigación en actividad física y sedentarismo

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 231-233

  Varo, José Javier ^a   Martínez González, Miguel Ángel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERNET; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; TELEVISION; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 34247886100     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13100273     Document Type: Editorial

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