Total mortality after changes in leisure time physical activity in 50 year old men: 35 Year follow-up of population based cohort

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7700, 2009, Pages 936-

  Byberg, Liisa ^a   Melhus, Håkan ^a   Gedeborg, Rolf ^a   Sundström, Johan ^a   Ahlbom, Anders ^b   Zethelius, Björn ^c   Berglund, Lars G ^a   Wolk, Alicja ^b   Michaëlsson, Karl ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; EXERCISE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SMOKING CESSATION; SWEDEN;

EID: 67649183540     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b688     Document Type: Article

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