Stressing harms of physical inactivity to promote exercise

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9838, 2012, Pages 192-193

  Wen, Chi Pang ^a   Wu, Xifeng ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MORTALITY; NOTE; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; STROKE; WALKING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE;

EID: 84864049285     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60954-4     Document Type: Note

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