The effects of marital transitions on changes in physical activity: Results from a 10-year community study

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 64-69

  King, Abby C ^a   Kiernan, Michaela ^b   Ahn, David K ^b   Wilcox, Sara ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MARRIAGE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOANALYSIS;

EID: 0032434383     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02884450     Document Type: Article

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