Fitness-related activities and medical claims related to hospital admissions - South Africa, 2006

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Lambert, Estelle V ^a   da Silva, Rosanne ^b   Patel, Deepak ^a,c   Fatti, Libero ^b   Kolbe Alexander, Tracy ^a   Noach, Adam ^c   Nossel, Craig ^c   Derman, Wayne ^a   Gaziano, Thomas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c Discovery Health   (South Africa)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 73349135667     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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