Former athletes' health-Related lifestyle behaviours and self-rated health in late adulthood

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 751-758

  Backmand H ^a,b   Kujala, U ^c   Sarna, S ^b   Kaprio, J ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

athletes; health habits; physical activity; self rated health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATHLETES; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 77957979811     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: 14393964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1255109     Document Type: Article

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