Improved fitness narrows the symptom-reporting gap between older men and women

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 381-390

  Morey, Miriam C ^a,b   Zhu, Carolyn W ^b,c  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGED; ARTICLE; BED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPINE MOBILITY; SYMPTOM; WALKING;

EID: 0038173792     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/154099903765448899     Document Type: Article

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