Indoor physical activity reduces all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality among elderly women

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-28

  Park, Soyoung ^a   Lee, Joongyub ^b   Kang, Dong Yoon ^a   Rhee, Chul Woo ^a   Park, Byung Joo ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Exercise; Indoor physical activity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH CERTIFICATES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KOREA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84863243600     PISSN: 19758375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3961/jpmph.2012.45.1.21     Document Type: Article

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