Health behaviors and their determinants in multiethnic, active Israeli seniors

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-77

  Shemesh, Anat A ^a   Rasooly, Iris ^a   Horowitz, Pamela ^a   Lemberger, John ^b   Ben Moshe, Yosefa ^c   Kachal, Josefa ^a   Danziger, Josepha ^d   Clarfield, A Mark ^e   Rosenberg, Elliot ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

^c ESHEL   (Israel)

^d ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aged; Health behaviors; Health fairs; Immunization; Israel

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANCING; DIET; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; ISRAEL; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STRENGTH; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WALKING; YOGA;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; ISRAEL; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 44449111294     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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