Age-Related Declines in Activity Level: The Relationship between Chronic Illness and Religious Activities

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Benjamins, Maureen Reindl ^a   Musick, Marc A ^a   Gold, Deborah T ^b   George, Linda K ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; STROKE;

EID: 0344874543     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/58.6.S377     Document Type: Article

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