Determinants of physical activity initiation and maintenance among community-dwelling older persons

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 422-430

  Burton, Lynda C ^a   Shapiro, Sam ^a   German, Pearl S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Counseling; Health behaviors; Health beliefs; Physical activity; Physician; Quality of Well Being Scale

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; WELLBEING;

EID: 0032746268     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1999.0561     Document Type: Article

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