Bicycle riding, walking, and weight gain in premenopausal women

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1050-1056

  Lusk, Anne C ^a   Mekary, Rania A ^a   Feskanich, Diane ^b   Willett, Walter C ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BICYCLING; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PREMENOPAUSE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WALKING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 77954211869     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.171     Document Type: Article

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