Unhealthy lifestyles during the life course: Association with physical decline in late life

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-83

  Pluijm, Saskia M F ^a,b   Visser, Marjolein ^a,c   Puts, Martine T E ^a   Dik, Miranda G ^a   Schalk, Bianca W M ^a   Van Schoor, Natasja M ^a   Schaap, Laura A ^a   Bosscher, Ruud J ^c   Deeg, Dorly J H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Early life; Elderly; Longitudinal study; Obesity; Physical activity; Physical performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFESTYLE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING HABIT;

EID: 34047201897     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03325214     Document Type: Article

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