A gender perspective on factors that influence outdoor recreational physical activity among the elderly

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Sjögren, Katarina ^a,b   Stjernberg, Louise ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECREATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RECREATION; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 77953124571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-10-34     Document Type: Article

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