Chronic diseases, locomotor activity limitation and social participation in older women: Cross sectional survey of British women's Heart and Health Study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 293-298

  Adamson, Joy ^a   Lawlor, Debbie A ^b   Ebrahim, Shah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Locomotor activity; Morbidity; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOCOMOTION; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 2442495084     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afh090     Document Type: Article

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