Physical inactivity and mortality risk

Cardiology Research and Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kokkinos, Peter ^a,b,c   Sheriff, Helen ^a   Kheirbek, Raya ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METFORMIN; PLACEBO;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FITNESS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; VEGETARIAN DIET; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 79959408421     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20900597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4061/2011/924945     Document Type: Review

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