Can physical activity improve the mental health of older adults?

Annals of General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Lautenschlager, Nicola T ^a   Almeida, Osvaldo P ^a   Flicker, Leon ^b   Janca, Aleksandar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BREAST CANCER; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE; FALLING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OXYGENATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; WALKING;

EID: 33846402598     PISSN: 14752832     EISSN: 1744859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2832-3-12     Document Type: Review

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