Perception of the environment and leisure-time physical activity in the elderly

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Salvador, Emanuel Péricles ^a   Florindo, Alex Antonio ^a   Reis, Rodrigo Siqueira ^b,c   Costa, Evelyn Fabiana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aged; Environment; Motor activity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCEPTION; SAFETY; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77953654316     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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