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Physical Activity and Physical Fitness in Primary and Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease

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Selected Topics in Preventive Cardiology

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The specific role of sedentarity in the development of therapy of corenary heart disease (CHD) has been investigated extensively during the last 20 years.

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  1. Laberatery for Cardiac Research, Hôpital Universitaire Saint-Pierre, 322, rue Haute, 1000, Bruxelles, Belgium

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  1. University of Palermo Medical Center, Palermo, Italy

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  2. The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel

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Denolin, H. (1983). Physical Activity and Physical Fitness in Primary and Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease. In: Raineri, A., Kellermann, J.J. (eds) Selected Topics in Preventive Cardiology. Ettore Majorana International Science Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3736-2_16

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