Physical activity, fitness and atherosclerosis.

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Year: 1994
Type: article
Pages: 570-578
Citations: 6
Access: Closed

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                                    Stephanie Moore, 
                                
                                    Claude Bouchard, 
                                
                                    Roy J. Shephard
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1994). 
                            Physical activity, fitness and atherosclerosis.. 
                            
                            , 570-578.