The health benefits and economics of physical activity

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 314-316

  Myers, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; NOTE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLICY; PREVALENCE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SITTING; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ECONOMICS; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICS;

EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; WESTERN WORLD;

EID: 60549086314     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/JSR.0b013e31818ee179     Document Type: Note

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