Prevalence and correlates of physician recommendations to exercise among older adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 1999, Pages

  Damush, Teresa M ^a   Stewart, Anita L ^b   Mills, Kris M ^b,c   King, Abby C ^c   Ritter, Philip L ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0032851801     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/54.8.M423     Document Type: Article

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