"I'd rather watch TV": An examination of physical activity in adults with mental retardation

Mental Retardation

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 241-254

  Frey, Georgia C ^a   Buchanan, Alice M ^b   Sandt, Dawn D Rosser ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; RECREATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 24744443177     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2005)43[241:IRWTAE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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