Test-retest reliability of Yale Physical Activity Survey among older Mexican American adults: A pilot investigation

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 291-303

  Pennathur, Arunkumar ^a   Magham, Rohini ^a   Contreras, Luis Rene ^a   Dowling, Winifred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b City of El Paso   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PILOT STUDY; RECREATION; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 3042528693     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610730490447912     Document Type: Article

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