Relation of leisure-time physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness to the risk of acute myocardial infarction.

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Published in N Engl J Med on June 02, 1994

Authors

T A Lakka1, J M Venäläinen, R Rauramaa, R Salonen, J Tuomilehto, J T Salonen

Author Affiliations

1: Research Institute of Public Health, University of Kuopio, Finland.

Associated clinical trials:

Exercise Training in Patients With Cardioverter-Defibrillators (BETA) | NCT00754663

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