Exercise and acute cardiovascular events placing the risks into perspective: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism and the Council on Clinical Cardiology.

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Published in Circulation on May 01, 2007

Authors

Paul D Thompson1, Barry A Franklin, Gary J Balady, Steven N Blair, Domenico Corrado, N A Mark Estes, Janet E Fulton, Neil F Gordon, William L Haskell, Mark S Link, Barry J Maron, Murray A Mittleman, Antonio Pelliccia, Nanette K Wenger, Stefan N Willich, Fernando Costa, American Heart Association Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism, American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology, American College of Sports Medicine

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1: Hartford Hospital, USA.

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