The relationship between expectations for aging and physical activity among older adults

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 911-915

  Sarkisian, Catherine A ^a   Prohaska, Thomas R ^b   Wong, Mitchell D ^a   Hirsch, Susan ^a   Mangione, Carol M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Attitude to health; Exercise; Health behavior; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; AGING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 28444464088     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0204.x     Document Type: Review

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