Golf: a game of life and death - reduced mortality in Swedish golf players

The specific health benefits achieved from different forms and patterns of leisure‐time physical activity are not established. We analyzed the mortality in a cohort of Swedish golf players. We used the Swedish Golf Federation's membership registry and the nationwide Mortality Registry. We calcu...

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Published in:Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports 2009-06, Vol.19 (3), p.419-424
Main Authors: Farahmand, B., Broman, G., De Faire, U., Vågerö, D., Ahlbom, A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cohort Studies
cohort study
Confidence Intervals
epidemiology
Female
Golf
Humans
leisure physical activity
Male
MEDICIN
MEDICINE
Middle Aged
Mortality
Mortality - trends
Registries
Social medicine
Socialmedicin
Sweden - epidemiology
Young Adult
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