Physical activity behaviour and coronary heart disease mortality among South Asian people in the UK: An observational longitudinal study

Heart

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 655-659

  Williams, Emily D ^a   Stamatakis, Emmanuel ^a   Chandola, Tarani ^a   Hamer, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAKISTAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ASIA; CORONARY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79952815073     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2010.201012     Document Type: Article

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