Duration and intensity of physical activity and disability among European elderly men

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 341-347

  van den Brink, Carolien L ^a,b   Picavet, H Susan J ^a   van den Bos, Geertrudis A M ^b   Giampaoli, Simona ^c   Nissinen, Aulikki ^d   Kromhout, Daan ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disability; Elderly; Mortality; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FINLAND; HUMAN; ITALY; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; EUROPE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 19044367293     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280400018452     Document Type: Article

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