Associations of Tai Chi, walking, and jogging with mortality in Chinese men

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 791-796

  Wang, Na ^a,c   Zhang, Xianglan ^a   Xiang, Yong Bing ^b   Li, Honglan ^b   Yang, Gong ^a   Gao, Jing ^b   Zheng, Wei ^a   Shu, Xiao Ou ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese; jogging; mortality; Tai Chi; walking

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH CARE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; JOGGING; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; TAI CHI; WALKING;

CHINESE; JOGGING; MORTALITY; TAI CHI; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE; HUMANS; JOGGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; TAI JI; WALKING;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 84883478323     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt050     Document Type: Article

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