THE RELATION OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND OCCUPATION TO CORONARY ARTERY HEART DISEASE
Authors: J G BENTON, H A RUSK
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Article1 November 1954THE RELATION OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND OCCUPATION TO CORONARY ARTERY HEART DISEASEJOSEPH G. BENTON, Ph.D., M.D., HOWARD A. RUSK, M.D., F.A.C.P.JOSEPH G. BENTON, Ph.D., M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HOWARD A. RUSK, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-41-5-910 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONIt has been suggested that there has been an increased incidence of coronary artery heart disease in recent years. This disease of modern civilization has assumed prominence during a period in which heavy labor is less common and length of work hours has decreased; while other pressures have increased. Constitutional factors are important in coronary artery heart disease, but there is also evidence of variation of its incidence with environment. 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Y.*Presented as a Morning Lecture at the Thirty-fifth Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, Chicago, Illinois, April 7, 1954.From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, New York University-Bellevue Medical Center, New York, N. Y. 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