Sport and exercise as contributors to the health of nations

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9836, 2012, Pages 59-64

  Khan, Karim M ^a,b   Thompson, Angela M ^c   Blair, Steven N ^d   Sallis, James F ^e   Powell, Kenneth E ^f   Bull, Fiona C ^g   Bauman, Adrian E ^h  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPORT INJURY; SPORTS MEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SPORT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863465164     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60865-4     Document Type: Review

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