Mortality of top athletes, actors and clergy in Poland: 1924-2000 follow-up study of the long term effect of physical activity

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 335-340

  Gajewski, Antoni K ^a   Poznańska, Anna ^b  

^a JÓZEF PI SUDSKI UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN WARSAW   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Actors; Athletes; Monks; Mortality; Nuns; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ACTOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CAREER; CLERGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONKEY; MORTALITY; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLAND; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TRAINING; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; CLERGY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANITIES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POLAND; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 42549136985     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-008-9237-3     Document Type: Article

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