Commentary: Relative importance of diet vs physical activity for health

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 209-211

  Ding, Eric L ^a   Hu, Frank B ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIET; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; STROKE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; FITNESS; STATISTICS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIET; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 77952309485     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp348     Document Type: Note

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