Impact of exercise in community-dwelling older adults

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Hubbard, Ruth E ^a   Fallah, Nader ^a   Searle, Samuel D ^a   Mitnitski, Arnold ^a   Rockwood, Kenneth ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVAL RATE; CANADA;

AGED; CANADA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 67650264681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006174     Document Type: Article

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