Physical activity assessment and health outcomes in old age: How valid are dose-response relationships in epidemiologic studies?

European Review of Aging and Physical Activity

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-17

  Meyer, Katharina ^a   Stolz, Christian ^a   Rott, Christoph ^b   Laederach Hofmann, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dose response relationship; Energy expenditure; Epidemiologic studies; Old age; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 64749096858     PISSN: 18137253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11556-009-0042-0     Document Type: Review

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