Can older gardeners meet the physical activity recommendation through gardening?

HortTechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 639-643

  Park, Sin Ae ^a   Shoemaker, Candice ^a   Haub, Mark ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Indirect calorimetry; Mental health; Metabolic equivalents; Physical health; Short Form 36 Health Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 52449119627     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.18.4.639     Document Type: Article

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