Functional decline in the elderly: Evidence for direct and stress- buffering protective effects of social interactions and physical activity

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 152-160

  Unger, Jennifer B ^a   Johnson, C Anderson ^b   Marks, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 0030823725     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02883332     Document Type: Article

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