Physical activity and risk of peripheral arterial disease in the general population: Edinburgh Artery Study.

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Published in J Epidemiol Community Health on December 01, 1993

Authors

E Housley1, G C Leng, P T Donnan, F G Fowkes

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

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