Physical activity—time to take it seriously and regularly

The Lancet

Volumn 388, Issue 10051, 2016, Pages 1254-1255

  Das, Pamela ^a   Horton, Richard ^a  

^a THE LANCET   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY RISK; NOTE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 84979780582     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31070-4     Document Type: Note

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