Social and productive activities in elderly people

BMJ

Volumn 320, Issue 7228, 2000, Pages 184-

  Riddoch, Chris ^a   Molineux, Matthew ^b   Lesser, Gerson T ^c   Glass, Thomas A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Jewish Home and Hospital   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; FITNESS; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; EXERTION; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034651185     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.184     Document Type: Letter

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