Reach profiles of men and women 65 to 89 years of age

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 369-395

  Wright, Ursula ^a   Govindaraju, Majorkumar ^a   Mital, Anil ^a  

^a 705 Engineering Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 0030729808     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610739708254037     Document Type: Article

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