Health, medical risk factors, and bicycle use in everyday life in the over-50 population

Journal of Aging and Physical Activity

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 454-464

  Huy, Christina ^a   Becker, Simone ^b   Gomolinsky, Uwe ^a   Klein, Thomas ^c   Thiel, Ansgar ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aged; Bicycling; Cross sectional studies; Interviews; Physical activity; Regression analysis; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION;

EID: 55249101480     PISSN: 10638652     EISSN: 1543267X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/japa.16.4.454     Document Type: Article

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