Annual deaths attributable to physical inactivity: Whither the missing 2 million?

The Lancet

Volumn 381, Issue 9871, 2013, Pages 992-993

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

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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

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

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

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEATH; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LETTER; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84875300852     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60705-9     Document Type: Letter

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