Dyspnea and all-cause mortality: 28-yr follow-up study among adult twins

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1538-1545

  Waller, Katja ^a   Kaprio, Jaakko ^b,c   Kujala, Urho M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dyspnea; Follow up studies; Genetics; Mortality; Physical fitness; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FINLAND; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; TWINS;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84904680846     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000255     Document Type: Article

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