A tribute to Professor Jeremiah Morris: The man who invented the field of physical activity epidemiology

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 651-660

  Blair, Steven N ^a   Davey Smith, George ^b   Lee, I Min ^c   Fox, Kenneth ^d   Hillsdon, Melvyn ^e   McKeown, Robert E ^a   Haskell, William L ^f   Marmot, Michael ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77955488938     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.06.001     Document Type: Note

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