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Ralph S. Paffenbarger

Ralph S. Paffenbarger

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Medicine

D-Index
84
Citations
49474
World Ranking
14817
National Ranking
7489

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1986 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Ralph S. Paffenbarger was affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their academic contributions and research career were situated within this institution.

During their career, they received the distinction of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1986.

Information about specific research papers, frequent co-authors, publication venues, book publications, fields of study, subfields, and main topics of work is not available in the provided data.

Best Publications

  • Physical Activity and Public Health: A Recommendation From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American College of Sports Medicine

    Russell R. Pate;Michael Pratt;Steven N. Blair;William L. Haskell

  • Physical Fitness and All-Cause Mortality: A Prospective Study of Healthy Men and Women

    Steven N. Blair;Harold W. Kohl;Ralph S. Paffenbarger;Debra G. Clark

  • Compendium of physical activities: classification of energy costs of human physical activities.

    Barbara E. Ainsworth;William L. Haskell;Arthur S Leon;David R Jacobs

  • Physical Activity, All-Cause Mortality, and Longevity of College Alumni

    Ralph S. Paffenbarger;Robert T. Hyde;Alvin L. Wing;Chung-cheng Hsieh

  • Changes in Physical Fitness and All-Cause Mortality: A Prospective Study of Healthy and Unhealthy Men

    Steven N. Blair;Harold W. Kohl;Carolyn E. Barlow;Ralph S. Paffenbarger

  • The association of changes in physical-activity level and other lifestyle characteristics with mortality among men.

    Ralph S. Paffenbarger;Robert T. Hyde;Alvin L. Wing;I-Min Lee

  • Influences of cardiorespiratory fitness and other precursors on cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in men and women

    Steven N. Blair;James B. Kampert;Harold Willis Kohl;Carolyn E. Barlow

  • PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY IN THE FIVE-CITY PROJECT

    James F. Sallis;William L. Haskell;Peter D. Wood;Stephen P. Fortmann

  • An overview of randomized trials of rehabilitation with exercise after myocardial infarction.

    Gerald T. O'connor;Julie E. Buring;Salim Yusuf;Samuel Z. Goldhaber

  • Assessment of habitual physical activity by a seven-day recall in a community survey and controlled experiments.

    Steven N. Blair;William L. Haskell;Ping Ho;Ralph S. Paffenbarger

  • Relationship Between Low Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Mortality in Normal-Weight, Overweight, and Obese Men

    Ming Wei;James B. Kampert;Carolyn E. Barlow;Milton Z. Nichaman

  • Physical activity and coronary heart disease in men : The Harvard Alumni Health Study

    Howard D. Sesso;Ralph S. Paffenbarger;I-Min Lee

  • Determinants of physical activity and interventions in adults.

    Abby C. King;Steven N. Blair;Diane E. Bild;Rod K. Dishman

  • Exercise Intensity and Longevity in Men: The Harvard Alumni Health Study

    I-Min Lee;Chung-cheng Hsieh;Ralph S. Paffenbarger

  • Associations of Light, Moderate, and Vigorous Intensity Physical Activity with Longevity The Harvard Alumni Health Study

    I-Min Lee;Ralph S. Paffenbarger;Ralph S. Paffenbarger

  • How much physical activity is good for health

    Steven N. Blair;Harold W. Kohl Iii;Neil F. Gordon;Ralph S. Paffenbarger Jr.

  • Body weight and mortality : a 27-year follow-up of middle-aged men

    I-Min Lee;JoAnn E. Manson;Charles H. Hennekens;Ralph S. Paffenbarger

  • Physical activity and personal characteristics associated with depression and suicide in American college men.

    Ralph S. Paffenbarger;I-Min Lee;R. Leung

  • Relative Intensity of Physical Activity and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease

    I-Min Lee;Howard D. Sesso;Yuko Oguma;Ralph S. Paffenbarger;Ralph S. Paffenbarger

  • Diet, Physical Activity, and Colorectal Cancer Among Chinese in North America and China

    Alice S. Whittemore;Anna H. Wu-Williams;Marion Lee;Zheng Shu

Frequent Co-Authors

I-Min Lee
I-Min Lee Harvard University
Howard D. Sesso
Howard D. Sesso Harvard Medical School
Chung-Cheng Hsieh
Chung-Cheng Hsieh University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Julie E. Buring
Julie E. Buring Brigham and Women's Hospital
Charles H. Hennekens
Charles H. Hennekens Florida Atlantic University
Philip A. Wolf
Philip A. Wolf Boston University
Stephen R. Cole
Stephen R. Cole University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Gerald T. O'Connor
Gerald T. O'Connor Dartmouth College
Alice S. Whittemore
Alice S. Whittemore Stanford University
JoAnn E. Manson
JoAnn E. Manson Harvard Medical School

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