Abstract
Estimates of the disease burden of physical inactivity will be improved by two advances in empirical studies: first, the pairing of prevalence and relative risk estimates for nationally representative population-based samples; and second, refined relative risk estimates for various doses of physical activity.
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Attributable riskPopulationRelative riskContext (archaeology)MedicinePhysical activityDemographyEnvironmental healthConfidence intervalPhysical therapyGeography
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- 33
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- S635-S639
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Caroline A. Macera,
Kenneth E. Powell
(2001).
Population attributable risk: implications of physical activity dose.
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
, 33
(Supplement)
, S635-S639.
https://doi.org/10.1097/00005768-200106001-00032
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- 10.1097/00005768-200106001-00032