Self-reported leisure time physical activity: a useful assessment tool in everyday health care
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Self-reported leisure time physical activity: a useful assessment tool in everyday health care
BACKGROUND The individual physical activity level is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease and death, as well as a possible target for improving health outcome. However, today's widely adopted risk score charts, typically do not include the level of physical activity. There is a need for a simple risk assessment tool, which includes a reliable assessment of the level of physical...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Public Health
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-693