Health benefits of daily walking on mortality among Younger-Elderly men with or without major critical diseases in the new integrated suburban seniority investigation project: A prospective cohort study

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 609-616

  Zhao, Wenjing ^a   Ukawa, Shigekazu ^a   Kawamura, Takashi ^b   Wakai, Kenji ^c   Ando, Masahiko ^d   Tsushita, Kazuyo ^e   Tamakoshi, Akiko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e Aichi Health Promotion Public Interest Foundation ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Mortality; Secondary prevention; Walking; Younger elderly

Indexed keywords

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS; WALKING;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 84957071177     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20140190     Document Type: Article

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