Aging in Brazil: Physical activity, socioeconomic conditions, and diseases among older adults in southern Brazil

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 631-640

  Bertoldo Benedetti, Tânia R ^a,d   Takase Gonçalves, Lúcia Hisako ^a   Petroski, Edio ^a   Nassar, Silvia M ^a   Schwingel, Andiara ^b   Chodzko Zajko, Wojtek ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d Centro de Desportes   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Elderly people; Physical activity; Socioeconomic variables

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; THYROID DISEASE;

EID: 53649110890     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464808319710     Document Type: Article

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