Health promotion practices of the older adult

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 160-168

  Resnick, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034183354     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2000.00160.x     Document Type: Article

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