Get up and move: A call to action for older men and women

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 599-600

  Blair, Steven N ^a   Garcia, Melissa E ^a  

^a Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; NOTE; SPORT;

AGED; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MARTIAL ARTS;

EID: 0030139340     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb01450.x     Document Type: Editorial

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