Predictors of physical activity in community-dwelling elderly white women

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 721-727

  Walsh, Judith M E ^a,b   Pressman, Alice Rogot ^d   Cauley, Jane A ^e   Browner, Warren S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Elderly women; Exercise; Physical activity; Walking

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CAUCASIAN; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FALLING; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RATING SCALE; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SWIMMING; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 0035725727     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2001.00506.x     Document Type: Article

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