Changes in leisure time physical activity and risk of all-cause mortality in men and women: The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 169-176

  Talbot, Laura A ^a   Morrell, Christopher H ^b,c   Fleg, Jerome L ^d   Metter, E Jeffrey ^b  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; All cause mortality; Exercise; Leisure time physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEISURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALTIMORE; CAUSE OF DEATH; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY;

EID: 34548362109     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2007.05.014     Document Type: Article

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