A long-duration (118-day) backpacking trip (2669 km) normalizes lipids without medication: A case study

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 347-352

  DeVoe, Dale ^a   Israel, Richard Gay ^a   Lipsey, Tiffany ^a   Voyles, Wyatt ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Backpacking trip; Cholesterol; Lipids; Lipoproteins; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

APPALACHIAN REGION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIET; EXERCISE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 75449098837     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032-020.004.0347     Document Type: Article

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