The STAYWELL Program - Maximizing Elders' Capacity for Independent Living Through Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Activities: A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of Its Efficacy

Research on Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 202-218

  Brice, Gary C ^a   Gorey, Kevin M ^b   Hall, Rose Marie ^a   Angelino, Sharon ^a  

^a Family Medicine Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE;

EID: 0029927309     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027596182003     Document Type: Article

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