Physical activity: More of the same is not enough

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9838, 2012, Pages 190-191

  Hallal, Pedro C ^a   Bauman, Adrian E ^b   Heath, Gregory W ^c   Kohl III, Harold W ^d   Lee, I Min ^e   Pratt, Michael ^f  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84864030995     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61027-7     Document Type: Note

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