Perceived neighborhood environments and physical activity in an elderly sample

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 438-444

  Mota, Jorge ^a   Lacerda, Alexandra ^a   Santos, Maria Paula ^a   Ribeiro, José Carlos ^a   Carvalho, Joana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAFETY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34249860630     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.104.2.438-444     Document Type: Article

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