Physical activity and cause-specific mortality in the Whitehall study.

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Published in Public Health on September 01, 2000

Authors

G Davey Smith1, M J Shipley, G D Batty, J N Morris, M Marmot

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Whiteladies Road, Bristol BS8 2PR.

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