Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 20, Issue 9 , Pages 661-669 , September 2010

Walking Pace, Leisure Time Physical Activity, and Resting Heart Rate in Relation to Disease-Specific Mortality in London: 40 Years Follow-Up of the Original Whitehall Study. An Update of Our Work with Professor Jerry N. Morris (1910–2009)

  • G. David Batty, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Medical Research Council Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow, UK Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: G. David Batty, PhD, Medical Research Council Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, 4 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RZ, UK. Tel.: +44-141-357-7520.
    • ,
  • Martin J. Shipley, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
    • ,
  • Mika Kivimaki, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
    • ,
  • Michael Marmot, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK
    • ,
  • George Davey Smith, DSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

Received 29 December 2009 ,Accepted 8 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.03.014

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 20, Issue 9 , Pages 661-669 , September 2010

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