The effect of walking on lower body disability among older Blacks and Whites

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-61

  Clark, Daniel O ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; WALKING;

EID: 0030061533     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.1.57     Document Type: Article

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