What do community-dwelling Caucasian and South Asian 60-70 year olds think about exercise for fall prevention?

Age and Ageing

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-73

  Horne, Maria ^a,c   Speed, Shaun ^a   Skelton, Dawn ^b   Todd, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Caucasian; Exercise; Fall prevention; Falls; Physical activity; South Asian

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FALL RISK; FALLING; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 58849112218     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afn237     Document Type: Article

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