The association between physical activity in leisure time and leukocyte telomere length

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 154-158

  Cherkas, Lynn F ^a   Hunkin, Janice L ^a   Kato, Bernet S ^a   Richards, J Brent ^a   Gardner, Jeffrey P ^b   Surdulescu, Gabriela L ^a   Kimura, Masayuki ^b   Lu, Xiaobin ^b   Spector, Tim D ^a   Aviv, Abraham ^b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Medical School   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEISURE; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; TELOMERE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; TELOMERE;

EID: 38749147684     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2007.39     Document Type: Article

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