Physical activity in an ageing population

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-69

  Schroll, M ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Functional ability in old age; Incidence of hip fractures; Incidence of myocardial infarction; Life course perspective; Mortality; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DENMARK; EDUCATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; HEALTH; HEART INFARCTION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENESCENCE; SITTING; WORKING TIME; AGING; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0038476386     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0838.2003.20226.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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